Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam will attend the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and pay an official visit to Turkey from November 29 to December 3, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Society

-- Moderate to heavy rains are forecast to hit many localities in the central region, with a rain volume of up to 400 millimeters, on Saturday, according to the national weather center.

Business

-- Vietnam’s leading mobile retailer The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World) is planning to streamline its apparatus and close nearly 200 unprofitable stores in the fourth quarter of the year due to its sharp revenue drop during the January-September period.

-- South Korean investors have got involved in 268 operational projects with a total pledged capital of US$362 million in Da Nang City, heard an investment cooperation conference held in the central coastal city on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- Members from foreign representative agencies in Ho Chi Minh City were eager to join a 'pho' cooking class on Friday morning. The event was aimed at responding to Vietnam’s Day of ‘Pho’ on December 12.

-- The seventh World Vovinam Championships kicked off at Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, attracting 650 officials, referees, coaches and martial artists from 35 nations and territories.

-- Some 200 foreigners visited the Traditional Medicine Institute, headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, between January and June to experience medical tourism products.

World news

-- The European Union is dealing with an increase in legal and illegal arrivals by migrants, prompting some member states to temporarily re-introduce border controls within what is normally a zone of free movement, reported Reuters.

-- The world's largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than three decades, scientists said on Friday. At almost 4,000 square km (1,500 square miles), the Antarctic iceberg called A23a is roughly three times the size of New York City, according to Reuters.

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