Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s Party General Secretary and State President To Lam will pay a visit to Mongolia and Ireland, as well as attend the 19th Francophonie Summit and visit France from September 30 to October 7, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

-- Fifty-one officers and staff members of Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 5 returned home on Saturday evening after completing their UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

Society

-- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a decision approving the extension of the pilot operation of submarine services in Nha Trang Bay in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam until March 30, 2025.

-- Saigon Port Joint Stock Company has proposed developing a wharf for international passenger ships at a cost of VND624.9 billion (US$25.4 million) at the Nha Rong-Khanh Hoi Port in District 4.

-- A resident in Ho Chi Minh City handed over an eight-kilogram water monitor to the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department on Friday. A foreigner discovered the lizard in a swimming pool in a residential area in Thao Dien Ward, Thu Duc City the previous day, the department said on Saturday.

-- A teacher at an elementary school in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City has been suspended after asking students' parents for contributions to buy a new laptop, a local official said on Saturday.

-- The Department of Construction in Dong Nai Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, has proposed suspending a road project along the Dong Nai River to await for solutions to preserve a 100-year-old villa that is located within the planned site.

Lifestyle

-- Hundreds of young people and foreigners took part in a parade on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday afternoon to celebrate this year’s VietPride Ho Chi Minh City, an annual event to appeal for equality for the LGBTI+ community.

World News

-- “Residents in south-western Mexico on Saturday evacuated from homes flooded by the remnants of Hurricane John that ravaged the Pacific coastline for a week, bringing deadly floods and landslides that left 22 people reported dead,” Reuters reported

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