Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday afternoon, beginning their three-day visit to attend the G20 Summit and bilateral activities.

-- Vietnam’s State President Luong Cuong met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the sidelines of the 2024 APEC Economic Leaders' Week in Lima, Peru on Saturday. 

Society

-- Vietnamese professor and doctor Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong on Saturday received a Ramon Magsaysay award, internationally regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize, in the Philippines for researching the harmful impact of Agent Orange on human health and seeking justice for victims of this toxic defoliant.

-- Police in Da Lat, a tourist city in Lam Dong Province of Vietnam's Central Highlands, are searching for a taxi driver who was denounced for attacking two passengers from Hanoi with pepper spray.

-- A flamboyant tree branch fell, crushing a car parked on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang City, central Vietnam on Saturday.

-- Super Typhoon Man-yi was centered in the eastern waters of the central region of the Philippines at 1:00 am on Sunday and may make landfall in Luzon Island before moving toward the East Vietnam Sea to become the ninth storm to strike the waterway this year, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Lifestyle

-- The administration in Vinh Long Province, southern Vietnam on Saturday opened the first-ever Red Ceramic Brick–Green Economy Festival, which will last until November 23, featuring artistic performances, a fireworks display, a drone light show, a fair of 700-800 booths, and other activities.

World News

-- “Diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies struggled on Saturday to overcome differences on paying to tackle climate change, taxing the super rich and addressing the Ukraine conflict as they negotiated a joint statement before their leaders' summit,” according to Reuters.

-- “Ten newborn babies died from burns and suffocation after a fire swept through a neonatal intensive care unit in northern India,” Reuters reported, citing a government official on Saturday.

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