Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man and a high-ranking Vietnamese legislature delegation left Hanoi on Sunday morning for an official visit to Russia through Tuesday next week during which he will co-chair the third session of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

-- Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang is paying a visit to the U.S. at the invitation of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from September 6 to 11.

Society

-- Typhoon Yagi, the third storm to hit Vietnam this year, has weakened into a tropical depression with winds reaching level six and gusts at level seven, while heavy downpours are still in the forecast for the northern and north-central localities, the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting reported.

-- Typhoon Yagi, after making landfall in Vietnam, has wreaked havoc across the northern region, uprooting many trees and causing power poles and billboards to collapse.

-- Police in Buon Ma Thuot City in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak said on Saturday that they had arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly snatching 430 lottery tickets from an old woman in the city on Friday.

Sports

-- The Vietnam Football Federation has decided to scrap all prizes of the LPBank Cup 2024 International Friendly Tournament following the cancelation of a match between Russia and Thailand, slated for Saturday, due to super typhoon Yagi. The VFF had earlier announced one first prize worth US$10,000, one second prize valued at $7,000, and one third prize at $5,000.

World News

-- “Thousands of people demonstrated across France on Saturday against Emmanuel Macron's decision to pick center-right politician Michel Barnier as prime minister, with leftist parties accusing the president of ignoring election results,” according to Reuters.

-- “SpaceX will launch its first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens,” Reuters reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s post on social media platform X on Saturday.

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