Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam He Wei in Hanoi on Saturday, on the threshold of the new lunar year– the traditional new year of both Vietnamese and Chinese people, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Society

-- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has approved a plan on restructuring and streamlining the government apparatus, in which 10 ministries will be merged into five, while a new ministry will be established, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said on Saturday.

-- A video went viral on social media on Saturday showing a male tourist from Hanoi discovering numerous maggots in a milk container at a restaurant located within the Mövenpick Cam Ranh Resort in south-central Khanh Hoa Province while he was dining at the restaurant. 

-- Leaders of Van Lang District in Vietnam’s northern Lang Son Province and Pingxiang in China’s Guangxi on Saturday announced the restoration of customs clearance at the Tan Thanh - Po Chai Border Gate.

-- The Ministry of Transport has decided to extend the planned completion time of the Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway project connecting Long An and Dong Nai Provinces in southern Vietnam by one year to September 30, 2026 to ensure the completion of the Phuoc Khanh cable-stayed bridge on the expressway.

-- There were 47 traffic accidents across Vietnam on Saturday, the first day of the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, leaving 27 people dead and 31 others injured, the National Traffic Safety Committee reported.

Lifestyle

-- Authorities in Dong Thap Province in southern Vietnam opened the 2025 Lunar New Year Flower Street on Saturday, attracting a large number of visitors. The Flower Street will be open free of charge to visitors until the fifth day of the new lunar year.

World News

-- “President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering  a U.S. exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises,” according to Reuters.

-- “South Korea will release by Monday a preliminary report on last month's Jeju Air plane crash that killed 179 people, the deadliest air disaster on the nation's soil,” Reuters reported, citing the transport ministry.

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