Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- State President of Vietnam Luong Cuong and Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith held online talks on Friday to discuss the current situation of the two countries and the bilateral relationship.

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday visited the Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park and welcomed an ASEAN express train from Hanoi, as part of his trip to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion Summit and working visit to China.

Society

-- The inaugural Green Vietnam Festival, organized by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper in collaboration with the Packaging Recycling Organization Vietnam and other partners, is ready to welcome locals and visitors to experience green spaces at the Youth Culture Center in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City starting Saturday morning.

-- More than 270,000 troops and more than 5,000 vehicles of all kinds, including helicopters, under the Ministry of National Defense are ready to provide assistance and respond to typhoon Yinxing, the seventh storm to hit the East Vietnam Sea this year, said a military official at a press briefing on Friday.

-- All 20 children, aged 2-3, from a preschool in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam, who were admitted to Lai Chau General Hospital on Tuesday for suspected rat poison ingestion, have been discharged after three days of treatment, the hospital confirmed on Friday.

Lifestyle

-- Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Friday kick-started the 2024 Wild Sunflower Week at the foot of the Chu Dang Ya extinct volcano in Chu Pah District, offering visitors the chance to explore the beauty of the volcano and wild sunflowers, as well as experience a vibrant line-up of cultural activities.

World News

-- After forcing thousands of Californians to evacuate and burning more than 100 structures, a stubborn wildfire northwest of Los Angeles on Friday challenged firefighting crews working to snuff it out even as fierce winds in the area calmed, Reuters reported.

-- Peru and China will sign an updated free-trade agreement during President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to the Andean nation that would boost commerce by at least 50 percent between the countries, Reuters cited Peru's foreign minister as saying on Friday.

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