What you need to know in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- North Korea has sent a delegation to China, Vietnam and Laos, Reuters quoted state media KCNA as saying said on Friday. The group from North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea, led by Kim Song Nam, alternate member of the Political Bureau and director of the International Department of the party's Central Committee, arrived in Beijing on Thursday.

 Society

-- Pet owners will be required to register their ownership of dogs and cats with local authorities and are encouraged to implant electronic chips on their pets for information management, according to a proposal by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

-- A fishing vessel from Ca Mau Province, Vietnam was detained after altering its control sign while heading offshore to fish in foreign waters. The Ca Mau People's Committee imposed an administrative fine of nearly VND1 billion (US$40,339) on the vessel for the violation.

-- A delegation of Dutch businesses organized a networking event at Reunification Palace in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday to connect enterprises, organizations, and local authorities from the Netherlands and Vietnam.

Business

-- Vietnam's major taxi company Vinasun will buy 550 hybrid vehicles produced by Toyota and will put them into operation in the second and third quarters of this year, Dang Thanh Duy, its general director, said on Thursday.

Sports

-- Vietnam lost 0-1 to hosts Indonesia in the second qualifying round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Asia on Thursday. The Vietnamese rank third in the four-team Group F, which is headed by Iraq.

World News

-- "Scientists on Thursday described the fossilized skull of a creature called Kermitops gratus that lived in what is now Texas about 270 million years ago. It belongs to a lineage believed to have given rise to the three living branches of amphibians - frogs, salamanders and limbless caecilians," Reuters reported.

-- "The U.S. Department of Justice and 15 states on Thursday sued Apple as the government cracks down on Big Tech, alleging the iPhone maker monopolized the smartphone market, hurt smaller rivals and drove up prices," according to Reuters.

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