What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation wrapped up a visit to Poland and arrived in Prague on Saturday, beginning an official visit to Czechia through Monday at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala.

-- Top Vietnamese and Chinese leaders on Saturday exchanged their messages of congratulations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries (January 18, 1950 - 2025).

Society

-- A 52-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering his mother, wife, son, and daughter in Hanoi last week. He said the motive for his crime was to free his family from extreme poverty, local police reported on Saturday.

-- Vietnamese air carriers will add 586 flights, equivalent to about 134,800 seats, from January 17 to February 12, the peak period of the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

-- Police in Hanoi announced on Saturday that they were uncovering the cause of a fire that resulted in two fatalities at a house containing a poultry egg incubator on the same day.

Business

-- The ecosystem of Vietnamese entrepreneur Nguyen Ba Duong, which includes contractors of the Long Thanh International Airport project in southern Dong Nai Province and the T3 terminal at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, generated revenue of VND27.8 trillion (US$1.1 billion) in 2024.

Lifestyle

-- A team from Hoi An City in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam won the Ocean International Lantern Contest, the first of its kind in the world, which gathered 16 teams and artisans from five countries, namely China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. The contest is part of the Oriental Light Festival taking place from January 18 to March 26 in northern Hung Yen Province.

World News

-- “U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he would 'most likely' give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban after he takes office on Monday, as the app with 170 million American users buzzed with nervous anticipation ahead of a shutdown set for Sunday,” according to Reuters.

-- “At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded,” Reuters reported, citing the country's national emergency agency.

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