Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, signed a joint communiqué outlining the results of the latter’s official visit and witnessed the signing of several cooperation agreements in areas such as science, information and communications, and culture following their talks in Hanoi on Tuesday.

-- Party General Secretary of Vietnam To Lam gave a reception in Hanoi on Tuesday for visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin.

Society

-- Ho Chi Minh City was hit by heavy, prolonged rain late Tuesday afternoon, causing significant difficulties for commuters as they battled both the downpour and traffic jams on their way home.

-- A representative of the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security reported on Tuesday that after half a month of implementing Decree 168, which introduces harsher administrative penalties for road traffic violations, nationwide traffic police have handled 174,653 violations, resulting in over 17,500 driver’s licenses revoked, more than 50,000 vehicles temporarily seized, and nearly 12,700 driver’s licenses with points deducted.

-- A car collided with five motorbikes traveling in the same direction at the Dao Tan-Buoi intersection in Ba Dinh District, Hanoi on Tuesday afternoon, leaving two people hospitalized. After a quick check, police confirmed that the car driver was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

-- The Military Command of Bu Dang District in Binh Phuoc Province, southern Vietnam announced on Tuesday that they had coordinated the collection, transportation, and safe disposal of an unexploded wartime bomb weighing over 220kg, which was uncovered by a local man while digging a pond.

Business

-- Vietnamese investor T&T Group and consultants from Singapore proposed the development of a 3,400-hectare urban complex around Quang Tri Airport, integrating airport infrastructure, aviation industry facilities, and logistics at a working session with the People’s Committee of Quang Tri Province in north-central Vietnam on Tuesday.

-- Vietnamese property developer Novaland denied on Tuesday night reports that Bui Thanh Nhon had submitted his resignation as its chairman and also stepped down from the board of directors.

Education

-- Many international students joined the students, staff, and lecturers of Foreign Trade University in Hanoi to experience wearing ao dai (Vietnam's traditional long gown) and wrapping banh chung (square sticky rice cakes filled with mung beans and pork) in celebration of Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) on Tuesday.

Sports

-- FIFA has lifted the ban on Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club’s new player registrations after the team, playing in Vietnam’s top-tier V.League 1, settled its debt to Ghanaian striker Martin Dzilah.

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