What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Chairman of Vietnam’s law-making National Assembly Tran Thanh Man asked Singapore to continue supporting the training of Vietnam’s strategic personnel during talks with Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Seah Kian Peng on Monday, as part of the former’s official visit to the city-state through Tuesday.

Society

-- The Phu Quoc National Park management board said on Monday that it had released a reticulated python weighing some eight kilograms back into the wild in Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam. A local resident handed over the reptile to rangers on Sunday after catching it in his coffee shop.

-- The My Thuan project management board will do its utmost to connect the last sections of the Rach Mieu 2 Bridge project spanning the Tien River in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta by April 30 next year and fully complete the project by the end of October, director of the board said on Monday.

-- The administration in Thua Thien-Hue Province, located in central Vietnam, issued a decision to fine a local company VND532 million (US$20,950) for releasing wastewater that made seawater in the area turn into red, the provincial administration’s office reported on Monday.

Business

-- Singapore-based United Overseas Bank emphasized that Vietnam is always among its priority markets, while Sembcorp Development unveiled its plan to develop a new value chain in the country during separate meetings with Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, who is in Singapore for an official visit through Tuesday.

Lifestyle

-- Many streets, parks, and tourist sites in Da Lat, a city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, have been filled with the festive vibe although the 2024 Da Lat Flower Festival will not open until Thursday this week.

Sports

-- Female Vietnamese athletes Chau Tuyet Van, Nguyen Thi Le Kim, and Lien Thi Tuyet Mai on Monday clinched a gold medal at the 2024 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships held in Hong Kong. The tournament, lasting until December 4, attracts a record 1,727 athletes from 77 countries and territories.

World News

-- “The United States on Monday launched its third crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group, among other moves,” Reuters reported.

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