Check out the latest news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam welcomes the U.S. government’s January 14 decision to remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism and strongly advocates efforts to normalize relations between the two nations, including a complete lifting of the U.S. embargo against Cuba, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said at a press briefing in Hanoi on Friday.

Society

-- Over 107,000 cubic meters of dioxin-contaminated soil across 13 hectares in and around Bien Hoa Airbase in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam have been excavated and treated since 2019, said a military official on Friday.

-- Police in suburban Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen District are investigating the mysterious deaths of four family members, who were found dead inside their home by local residents on Friday afternoon.

-- Workers on Friday were putting the finishing touches on a temporary rest stop on the Phan Thiet-Dau Giay Expressway, near the border of south-central Binh Thuan Province and Dong Nai Province. The facility will officially open on Monday next week, just in time for the Lunar New Year travel rush.

-- Widespread traffic jams continued to plague large parts of Ho Chi Minh City beyond peak hours, with major routes, city center streets, and airport access points being heavily congested on Friday evening.

Business

-- China Eastern Airlines, one of China’s aviation giants, has launched a direct flight route connecting Beijing to Phu Quoc, an island destination off the coast of Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam, to meet the surging travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Sports

-- The Vietnamese women’s futsal team on Friday achieved a resounding 21-0 victory against Macau in Group D of the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup 2025 Qualifiers in Myanmar. 

World News

-- A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the south Asian nation, Reuters reported.

-- Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday announced that she would take part in the contest to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party, according to Reuters.

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