Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held phone talks with Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha on Monday at the request of Ukraine.

Society

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on Yamato Holdings, which holds approximately 46 percent of Japan’s home delivery market, to invest in logistics centres in Vietnam, while receiving its Executive Officer and President Nagao Yutaka in Hanoi on Monday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

-- An inspection team from the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Can Tho City, southern Vietnam on Monday suspended the operation of a local business operator on a floating platform after several tourists fell into a river while visiting the Cai Rang Floating Market on Sunday.

-- Doctors at Vietnam’s National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology have saved a pregnant Nigerian woman who was 35 weeks pregnant and had a ruptured uterus. This is her fourth child, and she has a history of three previous cesarean sections.

Business

-- Secretary of the Party Committee of Ca Mau, the southernmost province of Vietnam, Nguyen Ho Hai, proposed that the Singapore Embassy in Vietnam assist in connecting exporters of agricultural and aquatic products from the province with importers in Singapore during a meeting with the embassy's delegation in Hanoi on Monday.

-- Taiwanese-invested Foxconn Vietnam said the company would recruit over 22,000 workers in the first quarter of 2025, while Chinese-invested Luxshare-ICT needs 40,000 workers this year.

World News

-- “A Delta Air Lines regional jet flipped upside down upon landing at Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday amid windy weather following a snowstorm, injuring 18 of the 80 people on board,” Reuters reported, citing officials.

-- “Doctors have changed treatment for Pope Francis' respiratory tract infection to tackle a ‘complex clinical situation,’ and he will remain in hospital for as long as necessary, Reuters quoted the Vatican as saying Monday.

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