Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly, attended a concert held in Jakarta on Sunday evening to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Vietnam-Indonesia diplomatic ties, part of his state visit to Indonesia and official visit to the ASEAN Secretariat there.

-- Party General Secretary To Lam received leaders of large Indonesian businesses in Jakarta on Sunday as part of his state visit to the archipelago nation.

-- Party General Secretary To Lam visited the Vietnamese Embassy and met with the staff of representative agencies and the Vietnamese community in Indonesia on the same day.

Society

-- The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting predicts light rain and fog in the north on Monday, clearing to sunshine in the afternoon, while the south will be cloudy with daytime sun and rain in some areas later in the afternoon and evening.

-- The Vietnam Association of Real Estate Brokers has suggested that the country explore a dormitory model for workers, similar to Singapore’s, to provide affordable housing for young people as rental prices in Hanoi continue to rise sharply.

-- The People’s Committee of Tan Phu District in Ho Chi Minh City has proposed selecting over 26 hectares of land, located near Tay Thanh and Truong Chinh Streets, for the development of a transit-oriented development (TOD) area along the first phase of metro line No. 2, from Ben Thanh Market in District 1 to Tham Luong Bridge in District 12.

-- At a hybrid meeting on Sunday chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh with 44 provinces and cities to discuss key national transport projects, the Ministry of Construction announced plans to complete an additional 1,188 km of expressways this year.

Lifestyle

-- The organizing committee of the 10th Japan Vietnam Festival announced that the event attracted 430,000 visitors over Saturday and Sunday at 23/9 Park in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

-- Vietnam’s Nguyen Dinh Nhu Van was crowned Miss Global 2025 in Thailand on Sunday evening. The beauty pageant also sparked controversy after Vietnamese audiences called for a boycott over the inclusion of China's illegal nine-dash line, which covers most of the East Vietnam Sea, in a promotional video. The organizers later apologized to the Vietnamese for the image.

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