Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Leaders of Laos, China, Cambodia, Cuba, and Russia sent telegrams and letters of condolences to the leaders and people of Vietnam after Communist Party’s General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away on Friday.

Society

-- The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting forecasts that a tropical depression, located in the east of in the East Vietnam Sea as of 7:00 pm on Friday, will intensify into a storm by 7:00 pm on Saturday.

-- Vietnam’s airports remained unaffected despite relations to Microsoft’s cloud service outage thanks to the early transition to a backup computer system, Dinh Viet Thang, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, said on Friday afternoon.

-- Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam debuted its first mobile firefighting motorbikes.

-- The Ministry of Public Security announced on Friday the indictment and temporary detention of Nguyen Thi Nhu Loan, CEO of Quoc Cuong Gia Lai Joint Stock Company, for violating regulations on the management and use of state assets causing loss and waste.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department has temporarily delayed the departure of 2,766 individuals and business representatives who have outstanding taxes from the first half of this year.

Business

-- Over 4,000 CEOs, 85 investment funds, and 150 start-ups from Vietnam and Southeast Asia are set to attend InnoEx 2024, a leading innovation forum and exhibition sponsored by Qualcomm, the world’s leading semiconductor company, in Ho Chi Minh City on August 22-23.

Lifestyle

-- Starting July 22, both domestic and international tourists visiting Ho Chi Minh City can sign up for the Ho Chi Minh City Free Walking Tour, offered by BenThanh Tourist travel company, at no cost.

Sports

-- Vietnamese female referees are undergoing Video Assistant Referees training for the first time during a course held jointly by the Vietnam Football Federation and Vietnam Professional Football League from Saturday to Tuesday in Hanoi.

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