Check out the latest news in Vietnam today: -- Indonesia fired a 21-gun salute to welcome Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam on Monday afternoon. -- Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line No. 1 in Ho Chi Minh City served over 5.3 million passengers in two and a half months of operation, 1.8 times higher than the initial forecast, a representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway No. 1 Company Limited, the operator of the metro line, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. The line began commercial operations on December 22. -- The administration in Pham Ngu Lao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City will enhance inspections and address passenger buses parking haphazardly on Pham Ngu Lao Street, said a local official. -- Police in Hanoi have detained a driver for driving a passenger car while another man was clinging to the car's hood following their dispute, which stemmed from a traffic collision. -- A 313-hectare industrial park got off the ground in Dak Lak Province in the Central Highlands on Monday afternoon with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha. -- The Vietnam Football Federation on Monday signed one-year contracts, from March 2025 to March 2026, with assistant coach Lee Sung Soo and goalkeeper coach Lee Woon Jae, both from South Korea. -- The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA of America) inked a partnership agreement with JG Golf Vietnam, the official distributor of PGA products in Vietnam, in Hanoi on Monday, marking an important step in Vietnam’s golf development. -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration was in touch with four different groups about the sale of Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, and that all options were good, Reuters reported. -- A chemical tanker and container ship collided off the northeastern coast of England on Monday causing a huge fire on at least one of the vessels and leading to numerous casualties, according to Reuters.