What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- The Governor-General of Australia, David Hurley, will pay a state-level visit to Vietnam from April 3 to 6, the Vietnam News Agency cited the Vietnamese foreign ministry as saying on Thursday.

Society

-- The People's Committee of Tra Vinh Province in southern Vietnam organized a ceremony to kick off a project to build a VND8 trillion (US$341 million) 21ha green hydrogen plant on Thursday. The investor is TGS Tra Vinh Green Hydrogen Corporation. 

-- Police in Binh Duong Province, just outside Ho Chi Minh City, said on Thursday that they had arrested Yang Zhong Wu, a 47-year-old Chinese, for allegedly killing his company's pregnant accountant the day before.

-- The cost of living is the highest in Hanoi, followed by Quang Ninh Province and Ho Chi Minh City, according to data released on Wednesday by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam. It is cheapest to live in Quang Tri, Tra Vinh, and Ben Tre Provinces.

Lifestyle

-- Condé Nast Traveller has named Vietnam among the 10 cheapest nicest places to visit in Asia in 2023.

-- Vietnam's first-ever Banh Mi Festival commenced at Youth Culture House in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday. Banh mi dishes are scheduled to be served there until April 2.

Business

-- The State Bank of Vietnam has proposed increasing the cap on foreign ownership at joint stock commercial banks that are required to take over underperforming lenders to 49 percent of the former's charter capital from the current 30 percent.

World News

-- "Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House," Reuters reported

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