Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam's Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attends the opening of an extraordinary session of the lawmaking National Assembly in Hanoi on Monday.

-- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistency in adhering to the ‘One China’ policy and developing non-governmental relations with Taiwan after the island’s leadership election last week.

-- Swiss experts have expressed optimism about the success of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s forthcoming trip to attend the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF-54) in Davos, Switzerland starting from Tuesday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- Rescuers successfully took two individuals, including one child, trapped inside a house fire in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City to safety on Sunday afternoon. The fire was completely extinguished afterward.

-- Traffic police officers from the Ministry of Public Security said on Sunday they are currently hunting for a car driver who was captured in a 47-second Facebook video driving in the wrong direction on the My Thuan-Can Tho Expressway, which allows a speed of 90 km/h.

-- Police in Cam Xuyen District of Ha Tinh Province in north-central Vietnam announced on Sunday the commencement of legal proceedings against a 23-year-old woman who drove a car under the influence of alcohol and crashed it into a trucker who was inspecting his vehicle on the roadside, resulting in the victim’s immediate death.

-- Traffic police have dealt with 9,098 drivers found under the influence of alcohol across Vietnam over the last four days of heightened inspections, marking an increase of over 40 percent compared to the same period last year, the Department of Traffic Police said on Sunday afternoon.

Business

-- Japan’s tourism sector is aiming to attract affluent Vietnamese tourists, according to Shusuke Uchida, deputy chief representative of the Japan National Tourism Organization office in Vietnam.

Sports

-- “Vinicius Jr scored a hat-trick in the first half as Real Madrid were crowned Spanish Super Cup champions after a 4-1 demolition of bitter rivals Barcelona in Saudi Arabia on Sunday,” Reuters reported.

World News

-- “Denmark’s King Frederik X ascended the throne on Sunday, succeeding his mother, Queen Margrethe II, who formally abdicated after 52 years as monarch, with large and admiring crowds gathered in the capital to witness history,” Reuters reported.

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