What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that Vietnam and Switzerland increase all-level exchanges and meetings, paving the way for the expansion of cooperation across the board while receiving newly-appointed Swiss Ambassador Thomas Gass in Hanoi on Thursday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- Graham Coooke, founder and president of World Travel Awards, said on Thursday that he was impressed by the hospitality in Ho Chi Minh City and expected the city's tourism industry to pay more attention to sustainability and uniqueness.

-- The Authority of Information Security under Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has warned that many state websites have been associated with gambling links.

-- The British Caving Association has found 22 new caves in Quang Binh Province, north-central Vietnam, the management board of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the province said on Thursday.

Lifestyle

-- The first episode of Netflix's docuseries 'MH370: The Plane That Disappeared' cannot be viewed in Vietnam now after the Vietnamese side asked the streaming service to take it down as it contained incorrect information about Vietnam's efforts to search for the plane, which has gone missing since March 8, 2014.

Business

-- The Vietnam International Cafe Show 2023 kicked off at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday and lasts until Saturday. 

-- "Asian shares firmed on Friday as Singapore became the latest country to pause its policy tightening and markets became more confident the likely next hike in U.S. rates would be the last this cycle," according to Reuters.

World News

-- "The FBI on Thursday arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, over the leaks online of classified documents that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world," Reuters reported.

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