What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed to elevate the two countries’ bilateral relations to a comprehensive partnership at their closed-door talks in Abu Dhabi on Monday, on the occasion of the Vietnamese government leader's official visit to the Middle Eastern country through Tuesday. The UAE is Vietnam's first comprehensive partner in the Middle East.

Society

-- Viettel Cyber Security, an arm of Vietnam’s military-run telecom group Viettel, claimed the championship at the 2024 Pwn2Own competition, held in Ireland from October 22-25, marking the second time the cybersecurity company has won the world’s largest cybersecurity competition.

-- The family of a 36-year-old man in Ha Nam Province, northern Vietnam who was declared brain-dead on Saturday last week donated his heart, liver, and kidneys, giving hope to four patients in need of life-saving transplants.

-- As many as 120 workers and six machines were employed on Monday to repair a 1.3-kilometer railway section which was damaged by storm Trami in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam.

-- Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday barricaded a section of Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in District 3 which subsided as much as 50 centimeters after a drain under the street broke.

Business

-- On Monday, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines signed memoranda of understanding for cooperation with the UAE's leading airlines, Etihad Airways and Emirates. The deals were made in the presence of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his official visit to the Middle Eastern country, which continues through Tuesday.

-- A delegation led by Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, on Sunday last week worked with Vietnam’s Northern Power Corporation and visited the 110kV Yen Thang transformer station in northern Nam Dinh Province, part of a project funded by Germany's government-owned development bank KfW.

World News

-- “China outlined steps on Monday to improve family planning and parenting measures in an effort to boost the number of births,” Reuters reported, citing a statement from the state council, or cabinet.

-- “Volkswagen plans to shut at least three factories in Germany, lay off tens of thousands of staff and shrink its remaining plants in Europe's biggest economy as it plots a deeper-than-expected overhaul, Reuters quoted the company's works council head as saying.

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