Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Party General Secretary and State President of Vietnam To Lam, his spouse, and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Havana on Friday afternoon (local time), concluding a successful three-day state visit to Cuba. 

Society

-- The transport authority in Ho Chi Minh City will ban vehicles from entering five streets in District 1 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am on October 3 and 4 for a fire drill at the mPlaza Saigon building. The affected streets include parts of Hai Ba Trung, Cong Xa Paris, Le Van Huu, Le Duan, and Nguyen Van Chiem.

-- The water levels in the upper Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam are expected to rise rapidly over the next five days and could be 0.4-0.5 meters higher than the same period last year, the steering committee for climate change response, and natural disaster prevention and control in Dong Thap Province said on Friday.

-- The construction authority of Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam confirmed on Friday that it had requested a temporary suspension on the construction of a riverside road project that passes through the Vo Ha Thanh century-old villa, located in the provincial city of Bien Hoa, in order to await a preservation plan.

-- Police in Thach Ha District, Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam said on Friday that they had cracked down on a ring selling counterfeit smartphones, pressing charges against seven suspects and seizing more than 6,000 fake phones from popular brands like iPhone, Samsung, and OPPO.

-- Authorities on Friday recovered the body of a 34-year-old woman, one of the victims in a devastating flash flood and landslide incident that struck Lang Nu, a village in Lao Cai Province, on September 10, killed 58 residents and left nine others missing.

Business

-- Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam plans to earmark over VND860 billion (US$34.9 million) for a land clearance project to upgrade its airport from 2024 to 2025. The Ca Mau airport will be able to accommodate larger aircraft like Airbus A320s and the equivalents after the upgrade, the provincial Department of Planning and Investment announced on Friday.

World News

-- Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the U.S. Southeast, where at least 33 people have been killed by a storm that swamped neighborhoods, triggered mudslides, threatened dams and left more than four million homes and businesses without power, Reuters reported.

-- Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalize the economy and see off security threats from powerful neighbors after triumphing in his fifth and what he called final leadership bid on Friday, according to Reuters.

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