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Politics

-- Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held high-level phone talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday night, during which both leaders expressed their delight at the opportunity to discuss their perspectives on the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam-U.S. comprehensive partnership.

Society

-- A three-year-old boy from Ca Mau Province, southernmost Vietnam was admitted to the hospital last week after being attacked by a rabies-infected dog that injured his face, lips, and tore half of his tongue.

-- The Nghe An Province People’s Court in northern Vietnam on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for murdering his daughter and her boyfriend over a conflict last year.

-- Police in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam said on Wednesday that they had arrested two Chinese men who were wanted internationally for operating illegal gambling rings and debt trading networks in China.

-- Police in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday arrested a suspect who stole a public bicycle and resold it to a local last week.

Lifestyle

­-- The Golf Festival 2023 kicked off on Wednesday night at Tan Son Nhat Golf Course in Ho Chi Minh City and will run through Friday.

World News

-- “Rapidly melting Antarctic ice is dramatically slowing down the flow of water through the world's oceans, and could have a disastrous impact on global climate, the marine food chain and even the stability of ice shelves, new research has found,” Reuters reported on Wednesday.

-- “U.S. Republican Senator Rand Paul on Wednesday blocked a bid to fast-track a ban of popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, which more than 150 million Americans use, citing concerns about free speech and uneven treatment of social media companies,” according to Reuters.

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