Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnam's Party General Secretary To Lam held a high-level meeting with President of the Cambodian People's Party and President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen, and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working session with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet and Lao PM Sonexay Siphandone in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday over the agreements outlined following a meeting among the three countries’ Party leaders earlier the same day.

Society

-- As the European Union has issued 12 warnings against Vietnamese food exports since early this year, Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has tasked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Industry and Trade with addressing this issue.

-- Party General Secretary To Lam rode the first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City as part of his trip to the southern metropolis on Saturday.

-- The administration in Lac Duong District of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has directed the removal of improperly placed signage among the 23 'no parking on even days' signs along a one-kilometer section of National Highway 27 in the district, a local official told local media on Saturday.

-- Sanitation workers collected over six metric tons of garbage from the Muoi Chin Thang Nam Canal in Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City within five hours on Saturday.

-- The Ministry of Transport has proposed revising up the estimated investment for the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway project in southern Vietnam to VND22.093 trillion (US$865.9 million) from the previously approved VND17.837 trillion ($699.1 million).

Business

-- Chairman of the administration in Bac Ninh Province, northern Vietnam Vuong Quoc Tuan invited Chinese telecom giant Huawei to research and explore investment opportunities in high-quality human resource training, hi-tech product and electronic component production, supporting industries, and semiconductors in the province during a provincial delegation’s trip to China on Saturday.

World News

-- “Flash floods across Botswana have killed seven people including three children and uprooted thousands after days of heavy rains,” Reuters reported, citing President Duma Boko on Saturday.

-- “The Vatican said on Saturday that Pope Francis' health had deteriorated over the past 24 hours and for the first time described his condition as ‘critical’, reporting he had needed supplemental oxygen and blood transfusions,” according to Reuters.

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