Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Party General Secretary and State President To Lam had meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Swiss President Viola Amherd, General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in Paris on Saturday within the framework of the 19th Francophonie Summit.

-- Attending a session on reformed multilateralism on Saturday as part of the 19th Francophonie Summit in Paris, Party chief and State President Lam called on the Francophone community to carry out reforms in a way that focuses more on its members’ priorities.

Society

-- Moderate to heavy rains are forecast to fall across the central region on Sunday, while downpours and high tides will hit southern Vietnam, which might flood several low-lying areas, according to the national weather center.

-- Hanoi Children’s Hospital, which covers 6,700 square meters of land in Yen Nghia Ward, Ha Dong District, is set to open on Wednesday next week. The hospital is expected to ease pressure on the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics and meet the healthcare demand of residents.

-- A 7.5-kilogram crocodile with a length of over one meter was discovered in a Koi fish pond of a household in Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam on Saturday.

-- On Saturday, heavy rainfall and powerful winds hit Bien Hoa City in Dong Nai Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, uprooting several roadside trees that crashed into motorcycles and houses.

Lifestyle

-- Some 10,000 visitors joined the Vietnam Phở Festival 2024 on Saturday, the first day of the event in Seoul, South Korea. The two-day fest features a performance stage, along with nearly 70 booths including more than 40 offering phở and other Vietnamese and Korean delicacies.

-- The two-day Vietnam-South Korea Cultural Day Festival launched in Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho Province, southern Vietnam on Saturday evening. With 50 stalls, visitors are treated to a celebration of both nations’ culture, tourism, cuisine, and education.

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