Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Liu Ning, member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Committee of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, expected to enhance connection and bring Vietnamese goods to China and the third country at a meeting with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam in Hanoi on Wednesday.

-- National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh received South Korea’s Minister of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises and Startups Oh Young Joo in Hanoi on Wednesday, proposing the guest continue coordination with Vietnamese agencies to strengthen economic cooperation and promote the implementation of measures to increase bilateral trade, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- Vietnam and the United States have reached a consensus on finishing the technical discussion to move to conduct legal procedures allowing the import of Vietnamese passion fruits, heard a working session between Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Trung and his U.S. counterpart Hafemeister in the U.S. on Tuesday.

-- Over 150 workers were hospitalized for suspected food poisoning after their lunch at Sunrise Apparel Vietnam Company in Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam on Wednesday.

-- Ho Chi Minh City will start a measles vaccination drive from Saturday. The municipal People’s Committee on Tuesday issued a decision to declare measles an epidemic amid a rise in measles cases.

Business

-- Agribank AMC has announced that it will hold an auction for the entire debt of Xuyen Viet Oil Travel and Transport Trading Company Limited at the Lang Ha branch of Agribank on September 9.

Sports

-- Seven Vietnamese athletes are competing in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which opened in Paris early on Thursday and runs until September 8, aiming to win one or two medals.

-- Extravagant cars will set off in Ho Chi Minh City on September 14 to kick off the Gumball 3000 2024, a car rally for celebrities and the wealthy, across five nations in Southeast Asia.

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