Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 1 to 2 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ announcement released on Friday.

Society

-- Authorities in Quang Binh Province, central Vietnam are working to determine why a giant sinkhole, whose diameter is 4.2 meters and depth is 12 meters, unusually appeared in the garden of a local household in Le Thuy District following recent heavy downpours in the area.

-- Lang Biang Mountain, a popular tourist attraction that is 12 kilometers from Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, has temporarily closed its doors to tourists following a fatal incident in which a South Korean tourist fell off a cliff there on Thursday afternoon, the tourist site’s developer Dalattourist announced on Friday.

-- Ho Chi Minh City is bracing for high tide and flooding this weekend, with the highest water level in canals citywide likely reaching 1.7 meters, the southern Vietnamese weather center said.

-- Tien Giang Province in southern Vietnam has launched its electric car service on a trial basis to serve tourists in the provincial capital city of My Tho, said a local transport official.

Business

-- The Vietnam State Treasury has announced its plan of issuing VND130 trillion (US$5.3 billion) worth of government bonds for bidding in the final quarter of 2023.

Lifestyle

-- Can Tho City in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region will host 25 events from this month to early next year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the centrally-run city (January 2004-January 2024), including a firework show scheduled for December 31 to ring in the new year, the municipal administration said on Friday.

-- The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Tourism Week is set to take place from November 17 to 23 in the namesake province, located in southern Vietnam, featuring a wide selection of events including a culinary and beer festival, a night marathon, a kite festival, and beach sports, according to the provincial tourism authority.

World News

-- The United States and China have agreed to work together toward an expected summit between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping next month, U.S. officials said on Friday, following hours of meetings between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and senior U.S. diplomats in Washington, Reuters reported.

-- Looting ravaged the Mexican city of Acapulco after the iconic beach resort was hammered this week by Hurricane Otis, a record-breaking storm that killed at least 27 people and left thousands of residents struggling to get food and water, according to Reuters.

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