What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Vietnam and China agreed to jointly build their shared land border into one of peace, stability, cooperation and development, and properly control differences, maintain peace and stability at sea, as well as foster coordination at international and regional forums, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang said during their talks on Monday, part of the former’s ongoing four-day visit to China.

Society

-- Police in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on Monday inspected a club in Duc Trong District and found that 26 out of the 96 customers tested positive for drugs.

-- The management authority of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City will consider allowing Saigon Taxi Transport Company (Cheap Taxi) and Saigontourist Transport Corporation (Saigontourist Taxi), which were earlier forced to suspend taxi services at the airport as their drivers committed taxi fare scams, to resume their operations at the airport if they can address their violations within 15 days, according to the airport’s statement sent to the two firms.

-- The administration in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on Sunday caught two people red-handed transporting 34 bricks of heroin from Laos to Vietnam, local authorities said on Monday.

Business

-- The People's Committee of Hai Phong City in northern Vietnam held a conference on Monday to present a certificate to South Korea’s LG Innotek approving its additional investment of US$1 billion in 2023-25, raising the company's total investment in the city to over $2 billion.

-- The Can Gio international transshipment port project in the namesake outlying district of Ho Chi Minh City is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs and contribute VND34-40 trillion ($1.4-1.7 billion) to the state budget per year, according to the municipal Department of Transport’s study on the port project.

-- The investor of the Bien Hoa – Vung Tau Expressway project, linking southern Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces, has proposed using soil dug from the construction site of the Long Thanh International Airport project in Dong Nai for leveling the site of the expressway project.

Lifestyle

-- Hanoi City has topped a list of the world’s most trending cities for solo travel with searches for solo travel in Hanoi in 2022 surged a massive 946 percent year on year, according to a report by the UK-based adventure travel company Explore Worldwide.

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