What you need to know in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Rescuers on Saturday morning saved an 18-year-old British boy who got lost at midnight on Friday in a national park in Lai Chau and Lao Cai Provinces, located in northern Vietnam.

-- The administration in Tan Thanh District, Long An Province, southern Vietnam asked local police to handle a woman who slapped a teacher’s face after the teacher beat her son on April 2, the district chairman said on Friday. The teacher was transferred to another school.

-- Firefighters put out a fire which damaged many tractor trailers at a parking lot in Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam on Saturday evening. The fire caused no casualties, a local official said the same day. 

-- Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds uprooted many trees across Hanoi on Saturday night. Some districts, such as Ung Hoa, Chuong My, and My Duc, experienced hail the same day.

-- Rain, hail, and gale-force winds caused many trees to collapse, tore the roofs of many houses, and caused a power outage in Phu Yen District of the northern mountainous province of Son La on Saturday.

Business

-- Most hotels and lodging facilities in Mang Den, a tourist site in Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands, have reported that they have been fully booked for the upcoming Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1) holiday.

Sports

-- Vietnam defeated Malaysia 2-0 in the second game of Group D on Saturday night and secured a quarterfinal berth at the 2024 AFC U23 Asian Cup as Uzbekistan claimed a 5-0 win over Kuwait.

World News

-- “Thousands of people protested in Tenerife on Saturday, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit tourist arrivals to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction that is driving up housing costs for locals,” according to Reuters.

-- “Seven people were missing Sunday after an apparent accident overnight involving two Japanese military helicopters out to sea,” Reuters reported, citing officials.

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