Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday on the occasion of the Vietnamese government leader’s visit to and attendance at the eighth Future Investment Initiative Summit in Saudi Arabia.

-- The Vietnamese premier, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation arrived at Doha International Airport on Wednesday evening, beginning a three-day official visit to Qatar at the invitation of his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jasim Al-Thani, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Society

-- The Ho Chi Minh City administration has urged the investor and contractor of the Beltway No. 3 project, which connects Ho Chi Minh City and three neighboring provinces Dong Nai, Binh Duong, and Long An, to expedite its construction so that the road can be opened to traffic on April 30, 2026.

-- Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh on Wednesday signed a decision ordering relevant units to speed up the disbursement of public investment capital totaling some VND45 trillion (US$1.8 billion) within the last two months of 2024.

-- The proposed amendments to Vietnam’s 2016 Pharmaceutical Law will strengthen the market’s regulatory procedures, driving pharmaceutical sector growth. Under the revised pharmaceutical law, the Vietnamese government will simplify administrative procedures for the registration of new drug licenses and the renewal of old ones, according to a recent report published by BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions.

Business

-- The leader of ACWA Power, headquartered in Saudi Arabia, underlined that the firm wished to enter long-term cooperation with Vietnamese partners and was willing to invest US$5 billion in Vietnam, heard a meeting between PM Pham Minh Chinh and the leaders of Saudi Arabia’s major companies in Riyadh on Wednesday.

-- In Vietnam, the selling price of gold bars hit VND90 million ($3,560) per tael on Wednesday afternoon, while gold jewelry prices surged to a historic peak of over VND89 million ($3,520) per tael. The global rate reached a new high the same day.

Lifestyle

-- The Consular Club’s International Charity Bazaar is set to take place in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City on November 9. The event is expected to draw 1,500 attendees, according to a media release issued by the Consular Club of Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday.

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