Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Business

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested the International Maritime Organisation continue its support to Vietnam in maritime development, particularly in management science and personnel training, at a reception for IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim in Hanoi on Friday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

-- Work on the Lach Huyen non-tariff, logistics and industrial zone project is scheduled to start on Saturday at the Dinh Vu-Cat Hai Economic Zone in Vietnam’s northern port city of Hai Phong.

-- Vietnamese electric automaker VinFast said on Friday it will list in the U.S. via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Black Spade Acquisition Co, Reuters reported.

Society

-- The investor of the metro line No.1 project in Ho Chi Minh City has sought the authorities’ support to ensure the safety and security of the metro line as several pieces of equipment on elevated sections were stolen, in addition to the railcars being smeared with graffiti.

-- The police in Can Tho City, southern Vietnam have pressed charges against a deputy director and a technician of the 6502D vehicle testing center in the city for allegedly accepting bribes.

Sports

-- The Vietnamese women's football team won 4-0 against host Cambodia on Friday, getting a ticket to the finals of the 2023 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games women’s football.

World news

-- Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries are set to issue a statement of concern about China's use of "economic coercion" in its dealings abroad when they gather next week, Reuters quoted a U.S. official familiar with the discussions as saying on Friday.

-- An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen wildfires already burning in western Canada, a historically temperate region that has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years, AP reported.

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