Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and a high-ranking Party and State delegation arrived in Hanoi on Sunday afternoon, concluding a successful trip to Cambodia for an official visit and attendance at the 12th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties and the 11th plenary session of the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace.

-- President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on Sunday afternoon, beginning their official visit to Vietnam until Thursday at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong.

Society

-- A cold front affecting northern Vietnam causes temperatures to drop sharply on Monday, while heavy rain impacts the central provinces from Quang Tri to Phu Yen, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

-- Police in Vinh Tuong District, Vinh Phuc Province, have initiated legal proceedings and temporarily detained a local woman accused of negligence that led to her two German Shepherd dogs fatally attacking a five-year-old girl.

-- A plastic bag containing 1,517 drug pills was found drifting to the Quang Ngai coast in central Vietnam on Saturday, bringing the total to over 3,000 drug pills discovered there in just one day.

-- Ta Quang Dong, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, stated that he is collaborating with relevant parties to address the case of renowned Vietnamese singer Dam Vinh Hung, who is being banned from performing domestically but reportedly continues to perform abroad.

Education

-- Thua Thien-Hue Province in central Vietnam has urgently instructed students across the province to stay home on Monday due to heavy rain and rapidly rising river levels.

Business

-- The People’s Council of Thai Binh Province in northern Vietnam has approved a zoning plan for a pharmaceutical-biological industrial park valued at VND3.8 trillion (US$149.5 million) to be developed in its Quynh Phu District, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Lifestyle

-- Approximately 10,000 spectators gathered at Hanoi Opera House and Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in the Vietnamese capital on Sunday evening to enjoy the Y-Fest, featuring many of Vietnam’s trending music stars.

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