Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- State President Vo Van Thuong will travel to China on Tuesday next week to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

-- Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Volodin Vyacheslav Victorovich will pay an official visit to Vietnam on Sunday at the invitation of Vuong Dinh Hue, chairman of Vietnam’s lawmaking National Assembly. His two-day visit will mark the 10th anniversary of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia.

Society

-- Many provinces in central Vietnam will be battered by heavy downpours on Friday and Saturday, with rainfall estimated to reach up to 700 millimeters, according to the national weather center.

-- A 69-year-old woman died and two others were hospitalized in Thai Luy District under Thai Binh Province, located in northern Vietnam after eating pig blood soup a few days ago, a representative from the district’s Healthcare Center told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Thursday night.

-- The People’s Committee of Da Nang City, central Vietnam will suspend seaside restaurants and hotels if they release wastewater into the ocean instead of connecting their wastewater pipes to the city’s waste collection and treatment system, the Da Nang City chairman told a meeting on the city’s January - September tourism performance on Thursday.

– Railway tickets will be put up for sale for the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday from October 20 through such websites as dsvn.vn, and vetau.com.vn, or at railway stations, authorized ticket agents, and through digital wallets.

Lifestyle

-- Police in Ward 1 in Da Lat, a popular tourist city under Lam Dong Province, located in Central Highlands region commended two sanitation workers on Thursday for their honesty as they collected US$4,700 in cash and a laptop on a street and handed them over to the police.

-- The Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy in the namesake city in the Mekong Delta region welcomed more than 200 Indian medical students, 2,300 new students and over 2,100 graduates at an opening ceremony of the 2023-24 academic year on Thursday.

-- The People’s Committee of Hau Giang Province in the Mekong Delta region has issued a plan to launch three new waterway routes to boost river tourism and diversify tourism products and services, making the province more attractive to local and international visitors.

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