Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President To Lam received the ambassadors of Argentina, Sweden, Algeria, Germany, and North Korea who came to present their credentials on Monday.

Society 

-- The management board of the Ban Gioc Waterfall Tourism Site under the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Cao Bang Province in northern Vietnam has announced the temporary suspension of tour services to Ban Gioc – Detian Waterfalls that straddles the Vietnam-China border from Sunday last week until further notice.

-- The administration in Dong Nai Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, on Monday worked with relevant units on the execution of the first phase of the Dau Giay - Tan Phu Expressway in the province with a length of 60.2 kilometers and an estimated investment of nearly VND9 trillion (US$356 million).

-- Police in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam said on Monday that they had begun a criminal investigation into an accident at a hydropower project in which a mine exploded, killing a Chinese worker and severely injuring a Vietnamese worker on Saturday last week.

-- Hundreds of vehicles were stuck in a traffic jam at an intersection near the newly-opened tunnel at the intersection of Phan Thuc Duyen and Tran Quoc Hoan Streets in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City as a road connecting the tunnel and nearby Cong Hoa Street has yet to be opened to traffic.

-- Police in Tra Bong District, Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam on Monday commenced legal proceedings against an 84-year-old man and banned him from leaving his place of residence for allegedly raping a 15-year-old disabled girl on Friday last week.

Business

-- South Korean-invested Samsung Vietnam exported $33.5 billion worth of products in the January-July period this year, edging up five percent year on year, Samsung Vietnam general director Choi Joo Ho reported to Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at a meeting on Monday.

Lifestyle

-- The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has added pho Hanoi (Hanoi-style pho) and pho Nam Dinh (Nam Dinh-style pho) to the national intangible cultural heritage list. Pho is a Vietnamese soup consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs, and meat – usually beef or chicken.

World News

-- “More than 47,000 people died in Europe due to scorching temperatures in 2023, with countries in the region's south hit the hardest,” Reuters reported, citing a report by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health published on Monday.

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