Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam on Wednesday received Cuba’s Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, who is on a three-day official visit to Vietnam through Thursday.

Society

-- Over 30 cows roamed freely on a local road in Phu Quoc, an island city off the coast of Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam, on Wednesday morning, posing a traffic hazard.

-- Videos of a dugong appearing near the shore of Con Dao Island off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have gone viral on local social media.

-- A four-kilometer road connecting Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa Streets in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City is nearly 95 percent complete and is expected to open to traffic prior to April 20, according to the Transportation Works Construction Investment Project Management Authority of Ho Chi Minh City.

-- Police in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi have temporarily detained three teenagers for their alleged involvement in a recent assault on a 17-year-old girl at Yen So Park.

Business

-- Four companies on Wednesday signed a cooperative agreement on a cruise shipbuilding project, marking a key milestone for Vietnam’s waterway tourism. Under the deal, cruise ship Mekong Lover will be built in Ho Chi Minh City and carry a price tag of over VND100 billion (US$4 million).

-- Sweden’s textile company Syre is eyeing the investment in a polyester recycling and manufacturing complex project at Nhon Hoi A Industrial Park in Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam, with a total capital of up to $1 billion.

-- The 16th Vietnam International Furniture & Home Accessories Fair (VIFA EXPO 2025) will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City from March 5 to 8, featuring over 650 local and international exhibitors with more than 2,500 booths.

Lifestyle

-- International searches for information about Vietnam travel in the first half of February soared by 30-45 percent year on year, according to data from Google.

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