Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday visited the Seoul National University and delivered a policy speech there, as well as paid a visit to Samsung’s semiconductor cluster in Gyeonggi, as part of his four-day visit to South Korea. The prime minister, his spouse, and their entourage left the East Asian nation to finish the visit on Wednesday night.

-- State President To Lam received Ambassador of Belarus to Vietnam Uladzimir Baravikou in Hanoi on Wednesday, while welcoming new Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki the same day, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- The Ministry of Public Security announced on Wednesday that police officers had busted an online football betting ring whose transactions conducted from February to July exceeded VND500 billion (US$19.5 million).

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority has proposed developing 11 more industrial parks covering a total area of over 4,120 hectares of land in Ho Chi Minh City, heard a press briefing in the city on Wednesday.

-- A blaze erupted at a warehouse at Nam Tan Uyen Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, late Wednesday night, destroying some 2,000 square meters of the facility.

-- Thu Duc Water Supply JSC will cut or reduce its service in eight wards in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City from late Friday night to early Saturday morning.

Lifestyle

-- The United States’ travel guidance platform TripAdvisor has revealed its Travelers’ Choice Awards Best of the Best Things to Do 2024, naming a full-day tour to Ninh Binh Province from Hanoi among Top 10 Experiences in the world for 2024.

-- The Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam on Wednesday wrote to travel firms calling on them to offer tourism products and services, goods and tours on a train route connecting heritage sites in the province with others in Da Nang City. Da Nang-Quang Nam tourist trains are scheduled to commence operations at the end of 2025.

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