Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet attended a dialogue on Vietnam’s national report under the United Nations Human Rights Council’s fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism in Geneva on Tuesday.

Society

-- The People’s Court of Da Nang City on Tuesday afternoon handed down a life sentence to the leader of a counterfeit money production operation, which generated fake currency exceeding VND1.4 billion (US$55,100).

-- Security firm Kaspersky on Tuesday announced that in 2023, they detected and prevented 17.1 million cases of malware infection in network systems through files and removable devices. Among the cases, over 36,000 instances of financial fraud targeted businesses in Vietnam.

Business

-- State-owned lenders Vietcombank, VietinBank, and BIDV are set to jointly provide a syndicated loan of $1.8 billion with a 20-year term to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) for the implementation of the third component of the Long Thanh International Airport project in Dong Nai Province, an ACV resolution showed.

-- The State Bank of Vietnam will auction an additional 16,800 taels of SJC-branded gold bars to businesses at 9:30 am on Wednesday after three previous auctions were canceled, it said in a statement released on Tuesday.

Lifestyle

-- Up to 617 schools in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap adorned their walls with lotus murals in response to the second Dong Thap Lotus Festival 2024, scheduled to take place in Cao Lanh City, the province’s capital, from May 16 to 19.

Sports

-- PSG star Kylian Mbappe has agreed to a 100m sprint challenge with Olympic legend Usain Bolt, but gives himself “no chance” of beating the Jamaican, according to goal.com.

-- The Vietnam Football Federation has refuted rumors regarding the reappointment of former coach Mai Duc Chung, emphasizing that it is actively seeking a suitable candidate to serve as the head coach of the Vietnamese women’s team.

-- For the first time in history, FIFA has announced the world’s futsal rankings, with the Vietnamese men’s and women’s futsal teams ranking 33rd and 13th, respectively.

World News

-- The 14 agrochemical groups, including the giant Bayer-Monsanto, summoned on appeal to Paris by 82-year-old Franco-Vietnamese Tran To Nga on Tuesday for having supplied the U.S. with Agent Orange, a defoliant used during the American war in Vietnam, will be determined on their fate on August 22, according to AFP.

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