Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on Monday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

-- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, on behalf of the Party and State of Vietnam, on Monday sent a congratulatory letter to Vladimir Putin over his re-election as President of Russia.

Society

-- Pham Nhat Vuong, chairman of Vietnam’s largest private conglomerate Vingroup and founder of electric vehicle maker VinFast, on Monday announced the establishment of V-Green Global Charging Station Development Company (V-Green) in which he holds a 90-percent stake. V-Green's mission is to invest in the development of a charging infrastructure system that prioritizes supporting VinFast vehicles and propel Vietnam towards becoming one of the world's leaders in electric vehicle charging station density. 

-- Police in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi said on Monday that they were keeping a Pakistani man and another from Iran in temporary custody as the duo used a fake Interpol ID card to appropriate money from foreign tourists in the capital city.

-- The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam on Monday requested the Airports Corporation of Vietnam, the investor of the under-construction Long Thanh International Airport project, to cushion against dust from the construction site of the project.

-- The authorities in a ward in Hanoi have fined a street vendor VND150,000 (US$6) for attempting to overcharge a pair of foreign tourists VND200,000 ($8.5) for a small bag of fruit. The vendor has returned VND200,000 to the tourists.

-- Vietnamese carrier Pacific Airlines on Monday confirmed that it no longer has aircraft due to its financial difficulties. It is in negotiations to lease three aircraft from national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines for further operation.

-- Fire broke out at an electrical and telecommunications cable production company which is hundreds of square meters large in Dong Nai Province on Monday, damaging many assets.

Education

-- The American International School Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday evening sent an email to parents, announcing that the school would reopen on Tuesday after suspending classes for all students on Monday as most teachers did not show up due to unpaid salaries.

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