What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone held talks in Hanoi on Saturday, during which they agreed to deepen the two countries’ cooperation in the coming time. The Lao premier arrived in Hanoi on Saturday morning for his two-day visit to the neighboring country.

-- Le Thi Bich Tran, spouse of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and Vandara Siphandone, spouse of Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, visited and gave gifts to children in difficult circumstances at the Thai Binh SOS Children’s Village in the namesake northern province on Saturday afternoon, the Vietnam News Agency reported. 

-- Vietnam always gives its top priority to the relations with Laos and will support the neighbor in fulfilling its international responsibilities in 2024, Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong affirmed during a reception for Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, who is in Vietnam for a state visit on Saturday and Sunday.

Society

-- The administration in Nhon Trach District, Dong Nai Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, on Saturday started work on three road projects at an estimated cost of over VND2 trillion (US$82 million). These roads will be connected to Beltway No. 3 in Ho Chi Minh City, and the under-construction Long Thanh International Airport and Phuoc An Port in Dong Nai.

-- Police in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam are tracking down three teenagers who fatally stabbed another young person 21 times in a minute at about 1:00 am on Saturday, a source of Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported the same day.

-- Police in Ho Chi Minh City successfully dismantled multiple drug trafficking rings that were involved in transporting and trading narcotics from Laos into Vietnam during the months of November and December last year, a representative of the municipal police said on Saturday. They arrested 26 people and seized over 290 kilograms of drugs, a gun, as well as many other exhibits.

Business

-- Truong Hai Auto Corporation (Thaco), a Vietnamese automaker, has unveiled plans for a circular economic complex valued at over VND100 trillion ($4.1 billion). The proposed complex integrates bauxite exploitation, aluminum production, agricultural plant cultivation, the establishment of an agricultural product processing factory, and the promotion of eco-tourism.

World News

-- "U.S. regulators on Saturday temporarily grounded certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 jetliners for safety checks following a cabin panel blowout that forced a brand-new Alaska Airlines jet carrying passengers to make an emergency landing," Reuters reported.

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