Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Ho Chi Minh City Chairman Phan Van Mai held a reception for U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper on Friday, hoping that the city will build an international financial hub based on the United States’ model.

Society

-- Many roads in Da Nang City were inundated on Friday night due to heavy rain, while hundreds of people in flooded areas were evacuated to safe shelters. Meanwhile, a severe landslide occurred in the Le Pass in the city’s neighboring Quang Nam Province.

-- The People’s Committee of Bao Loc City under Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands region on Friday asked police officers and education officials to handle a brutal beating where a group of eighth graders at Phan Boi Chau Middle School attacked their classmate during their break time on Wednesday.

-- The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Friday launched a US$3.25-million activity to facilitate digital trade in Vietnam, as part of the new U.S. – Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership announced during U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Vietnam last month.

-- The People’s Committee of Long An Province has written to the Ministry of Transport proposing widening the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong - My Thuan Expressway in southern Vietnam under the public-private partnership format.

Business

-- Vietnam’s electric taxi services will make a debut in neighboring Laos this year, GSM Green and Smart Mobility JSC said on Friday.

-- Vietnam exported some 1.3 million metric tons of coffee worth $3.16 billion between January and September, down 7.3 percent in volume, but up 1.9 percent in value year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Lifestyle

-- C asean Consonant, the one and only ASEAN traditional ensemble, will perform in Hanoi on Sunday to honor the traditional music of ASEAN.

-- Six pairs of martial arts competitors of Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea and Iran will compete at the All Star Fight 2023 tournament in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

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