Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong held talks with visiting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Hanoi on Tuesday following a welcome ceremony featuring a resounding 21-gun salute.

-- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier toured the Temple of Literature in Hanoi with his spouse Elke Budenbender and savored coffee down an alley adjacent to the temple to gain insights into the daily routine of local residents.

Society

-- Authorities in Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam have employed steel mesh to safeguard a section of Ba Hoa Mountain from landslides along Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, following a two-year temporary closure as a landslide injured three people in 2021.

-- The arrival hall at the international terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City was bustling early on Wednesday morning with people awaiting the return of overseas Vietnamese relatives for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebration.

-- Hanoi is set to welcome visitors to the old French villa at 49 Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem District, which sparked controversy over its coating renovation last year, starting Friday.

-- A laboratory flask exploded during a grade-11 chemistry practice class at Chau Van Liem High School in Ninh Kieu District, located in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, on Tuesday, resulting in the injuries of five students.

Business

-- The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee holds a conference on Wednesday to attract investment in green growth development within the framework of green and sustainable growth development activities of the Ho Chi Minh City-World Bank Joint Working Group.

-- The Da Nang Spring Fair 2024 commenced in the eponymous city on Tuesday afternoon, featuring over 250 booths from more than 150 businesses.

Sports

-- Vietnam, who have been eliminated from the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, will play their last group-stage game against Iraq at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar at 6:30 pm on Wednesday (Vietnam time).

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