Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping witnessed the signing of 14 cooperation documents between ministries, agencies, and localities of the two countries on Monday, as part of the top Vietnamese leader’s state visit to China through Tuesday.

-- Vietnam is a priority and a strategic selection in China’s foreign policy, Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping said during talks in Beijing on Monday with his Vietnamese counterpart To Lam.

Society

-- Traffic police officers from the Traffic Police Department under Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security said on Monday that they were investigating the causes of two traffic accidents on Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong Expressway in southern Vietnam earlier the same day, causing 10 people to be hospitalized. Three people were still receiving medical treatment as of Monday evening.

-- The administration in Van Yen District, Yen Bai Province, northern Vietnam told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Monday that it had mobilized more than 100 officials and dozens of residents to look for a six-year-old boy who had gone missing in a local forest since Saturday.

-- Police officers in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam cooperated with their counterparts at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Monday to arrest a 26-year-old man as soon as he landed at the airport after two years of fleeing to Japan. He faced legal proceedings in 2022 over allegations of arresting people illegally.

Business

-- South Korea spent over US$164 million importing Vietnam’s vegetables and fruits in the first half of the year, surging 55 percent year on year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

-- Vietnam Railways began selling train tickets through e-wallets, such as Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and Apple Pay, from Tuesday to facilitate international passengers' rail travel.

Education

-- Fulbright University Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City has received a grant worth $1.5 million from Google to improve its AI education, president of the university Scott Fritzen said on Monday.

World News

-- “Thousands of Indian junior doctors on Monday refused to end protests over the rape and murder of a fellow medic, disrupting hospital services nearly a week after they launched a nationwide action demanding a safer workplace and swift criminal probe,” according to Reuters.

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