Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-level Vietnamese delegation to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion Summit in Kunming, located in China’s Yunnan Province, from November 5 to 8, at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

Society

-- The central provinces and cities from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai will likely to experience widespread heavy rainfall through November 5, with some areas expected to receive precipitation of over 400mm. The intense rainfall may persist for several days afterward, the national weather center said on Sunday.

-- Vietnam is expected to complete 243.5 kilometers of coastal roads by the end of 2024, according to a report by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

-- A 46-year-old native of Dong Nai Province was arrested in a border area between Tay Ninh Province and Cambodia early on Saturday for transporting 158 kilograms of firecrackers from the neighboring country to Dong Nai for consumption.

-- Hanoi police are investigating a fatal traffic accident that occurred Saturday night, when a group of reckless motorcyclists speeding and weaving through traffic struck a female rider who was stopping at a red light, killing her instantly.

Business

-- Pham Nhat Minh Hoang, 24, son of Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, now serves as the CEO of the newly-founded FGF Services and Trading JSC. The company, specializing in electric vehicle rental services, has a charter capital of VND200 billion (US$7.9 million), according to the latest updates on the National Business Registration Portal.

Lifestyle

-- Legendary musical theater star Philip Quast, along with two fellow artists Anne Maree McDonald and Nicholas Gentile, will come to Vietnam for his concert ‘The Road I Took’ held at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi on November 7, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

World News

-- Unprecedented air pollution levels in Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore prompted authorities to take emergency measures on Sunday, including issuing work-from-home mandates and closing primary schools, according to Reuters.

-- Hundreds of residents of a Valencia suburb particularly badly hit by recent deadly floods protested on Sunday during a visit by Spanish King Felipe, Queen Letizia, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, with some throwing mud at them, Reuters reported.

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