Check out the news you should not miss today, May 28.

Politics

-- The Australian government considers Vietnam one of its key partners in the Asia-Pacific region, visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop said at her meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on Sunday.

Society

-- A 16-seater bus carrying eight people was dropping off passengers on the Hanoi-Bac Giang Expressway in northern Vietnam on Sunday, when it was crashed from behind by a speeding truck, leaving two of its passengers dead and injuring six others.

-- A series of rental houses in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City were unroofed by strong winds during a heavy rain on Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported.

-- A passenger train crashed into a cement truck in the north-central province of Nghe An on Sunday, the fourth accident to occur on Vietnam’s lifeline north-to-south railway in four days.

-- Vietnam’s Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs launched the 2018 action month for children, themed “For children’s safe and healthy living”, in the northern province of Phu Tho on Sunday.

Business

-- Vietnam’s shrimp export value to Canada topped $27.7 million by March 2018, up 16 percent from a year earlier, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Sunday, citing the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

-- Tour organizers in the northern city of Hai Phong are complaining that authorities in the nearby city of Ha Long, home to the renowned bay of the same name, have prevented them from bringing their guests to visit the UNESCO Heritage site, apparently to protect local travel firms.

Lifestyle

-- Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, chairwoman of the lawmaking National Assembly visited and extended congratulations to some Buddhist establishments in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, ahead of Lord Buddha’s 2562nd birthday, which falls on Tuesday this week.

-- Nearly 100 Vietnamese and foreign children, aged 5-15, participated in an international painting contest themed “I love Hanoi – A Peaceful City” on Sunday, in celebration of the International Children’s Day (June 1).

Sports

-- Vietnam's Tran Quyet Chien defeated his countryman rival Ngo Dinh Nai 40-39 to win the championship of the 2018 Three-Cushion World Cup, an international tournament series in three-cushion billiards, at the final game in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.