Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- JS Izumo, the largest destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), made a port call at Cam Ranh Bay in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam on Tuesday morning, accompanied by the MSDF destroyer Samidare, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.

-- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has been assigned to oversee issues in two additional fields, including science-technology and information-communications, which were previously covered by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.

Business

-- Vietnam is not on the U.S.’s monetary manipulation monitoring list, according to the U.S. Treasury Department’s report released last Friday on macroeconomic and foreign exchange policies of major trading partners of the U.S..

-- Ho Chi Minh City collected close to VND2.7 trillion (US$114.6 million) worth of fees from users of infrastructure facilities and public services at seaport terminals in the city over the past year, said a municipal transport official on Tuesday afternoon.

-- Major Vietnamese hospitality service provider Saigontourist Group has filed a lawsuit against Saigontourist Transport JSC for allegedly using the exclusive trademark Saigontourist unlawfully.

Society

-- A downpour during the evening rush hour in Hanoi on Tuesday left many streets in the Vietnamese capital city heavily inundated, worsening traffic congestion and making life tougher for daily commuters.

-- One worker died and two others were injured due to electrocution when they were conducting geological exploration in a paddy field in north-central Ha Tinh Province on Tuesday afternoon.

World news

-- U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes and to enter into an agreement that could avert a conviction on a gun-related charge, according to a court filing on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

-- Estonia's parliament approved on Tuesday a law to legalise same-sex marriage, making it the first central European country to do so, according to Reuters.

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