Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong is set to pay an official visit to Laos from Monday to Tuesday next week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday.

Society

-- The Ministry of Information and Communications said it will conduct an inspection of TikTok in May to ensure the cross-border platform’s law compliance during its operation in Vietnam.

-- Rescuers found on Friday evening the body of a girl who had become unaccounted for after going swimming at the sea in north-central Nghe An Province with her friends two days ago.

-- A forest along the Prenn Mountain Pass in Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been on fire since around 3:00 pm on Friday.

-- The Khanh Hoa Department of Culture and Sports called off the Arena OCEANMAN Cam Ranh Vietnam 2023, an international open water swimming race scheduled to take place in the south-central province from April 14 to 16, on Friday for violations on the Vietnamese sports laws.

-- The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has sought the approval of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for renaming a section of the Hanoi Highway from the Saigon Bridge to Thu Duc intersection to Vo Nguyen Giap Boulevard.

-- Police in Hanoi said on Friday that rescuers saved a girl who almost fell from the balcony of the 20th floor of an apartment building in Hai Ba Trung District the night before.

-- A toddler who had been hospitalized with two other children after eating toad meat died in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Friday, according to the Medical Center of Chu Se District.

-- Four students at a high school in Ha Dong District, Hanoi have been hospitalized since Tuesday following the use of e-cigarettes and related products, the local police said on Friday.

Business

-- Vietnam has emerged as one of top 4 Asian exporters of chip products to the U.S. since the beginning of the year, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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