Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and State President To Lam had a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in New York on Wednesday afternoon (local time), as part of the Vietnamese leader’s U.S. trip for the United Nations Summit of the Future and the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79).

-- Party chief and State President To Lam, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left New York for Cuba on Wednesday (local time), marking his first state visit to the country at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez.

-- At a meeting with Party chief and State President To Lam in New York on Wednesday, World Bank President Ajay Banga underlined that Vietnam is one of the WB’s especially important partners, pledging to prioritize the allocation of large capital resources to Vietnam.

Society

-- As many as 23 students at a middle and high school in Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam were hospitalized for suspected food poisoning on Monday and Wednesday after consuming food bought at the school’s canteen. 

-- The leader of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has submitted a plan on solutions to remove obstacles facing a long-stalled flood control project worth VND10 trillion (US$407 million) to the prime minister.

Business

-- Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the world's largest satellite operator, aims to pour $1.5 billion into Vietnam, whose satellite Internet market is deemed potential, heard a meeting between Tim Hughes, senior vice-president for global business and government affairs at SpaceX, and Vietnamese Party chief and State President To Lam in New York on Wednesday.

-- Karan Bhatia, vice-president of government affairs and public policy at Google, expressed his hope at a meeting with Party chief and State President To Lam in New York on Wednesday to enhance cooperation with Vietnam in AI development. 

-- Vietnam's leading mobile retailer The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World) shut down 61 An Khang drugstores, five The Gioi Di Dong stores, three Dien May Xanh electronics stores, and one Ava Kids shop in August alone.

-- The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham Vietnam), together with the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, will organize the Green Economy Forum & Exhibition (GEFE) 2024 at THISO SkyHall in Ho Chi Minh City from October 21 to 23, with the theme of 'Building Green Futures,' according to a press release issued by EuroCham Vietnam on Tuesday.

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