LHCb results on multi-parton interactions, soft QCD and diffraction

Due to its unique pseudorapidity coverage ($2 < \eta < 5$) and excellent performance, the LHCb detector allows for studying soft QCD processes at large rapidities and low transverse momenta. Selected results, such as charged particle multiplicities and densities, forward energy flow and prompt charm production are briefly summarized in these proceedings. The measurements are performed using large samples of proton–proton collision data accumulated with the LHCb detector at $\sqrt s = 7~ \text {TeV}$. The results are compared with predictions from a number of different Monte Carlo event generators providing a unique insight into particle production in the forward region at the LHC.