Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Business

-- Seven more airports are projected to be built in Vietnam as of 2030, raising the total number of airports in the country to 30 by that time, according to the Transport Ministry’s master plan on the development of airports in the 2021-30 period recently sent to the prime minister for approval.

-- The Department of Planning and Architecture of Ho Chi Minh City has proposed a plan developing food streets and a duty-free zone at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport urban area in a bid to beef up the local socio-economic growth.

-- Luxembourg pledged its support for Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, in the field of green finance and sustainable development, said Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel at a meeting with the city’s Chairman Phan Van Mai on Friday afternoon.

Society

-- Police in southern Binh Duong Province have filed charges against the director of Tra Vinh Environment Company for allegedly directing his subordinates to bury 25,000 metric tons of solid waste illegally, causing environmental pollution.

-- Four traffic inspectors and five business owners in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have been detained for allegedly giving and accepting bribes worth over VND10 billion (US$426,300), a local procuracy official confirmed on Friday.

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 42nd ASEAN Summit, which will be held in Indonesia between May 9 and 11, at the invitation of President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

-- Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong met with some government leaders and high-ranking officials of many countries in the United Kingdom on Friday, after he arrived in London to attend the coronation of King Charles III scheduled for Saturday.

World News

-- The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the virus that killed more than 6.9 million people along with other infectious diseases, according to Reuters.

-- Cambodia kicked off its first ever hosting of the Southeast Asian Games on Friday, in a historical ballyhoo of singing, dancing, flag-waving and fireworks, AFP reports.

-- Charles III will be crowned king on Saturday in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years, Reuters reports.

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