Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Police returned two 15-year-old boys to their families on Sunday afternoon after the boys got lost and cycled nearly 500km away from their home in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam 21 days ago.

-- Last weekend, rescuers in Quy Nhon City of Binh Dinh Province in south-central Vietnam saved four people from drowning while they were swimming in the sea.

-- Heavy rain and whirlwinds caused a house in Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam to collapse, killing one child early on Sunday morning.

-- Normal operations resumed on Sunday afternoon at Bai Gio railway tunnel in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam, which had been closed due to a landslide 10 days earlier.

-- Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on Sunday quickly deployed forces to address complaints about people using their dogs to illegally monopolize shade under cherry-like apricot blossom trees near Xuan Huong Lake and offer photography services.

Lifestyle

-- Dao Thi Thanh Thuy, deputy director of the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Can Tho City, announced at the closing ceremony on Sunday evening that the Southern Folk Cake Festival 2024 in the Mekong Delta city attracted 870,000 visits over its five-day span.

-- Hundreds of young people gathered at the Labor Cultural Palace in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, to watch a racing competition featuring 80 Corgi dogs on Sunday afternoon.

-- The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam on Sunday held the ‘I Love Sushi’ exhibition in Hanoi to help Vietnamese people learn more about the Japanese typical dish and how to make it.

Sports

-- Vietnamese canoeist Nguyen Thi Huong and rower Pham Thi Hue secured the eighth and ninth spots for Vietnam at the Paris 2024 Olympics at two separate qualification events on Sunday.

-- Vietnam will face Uzbekistan, the top team from Group B in the group stage, after advancing to the quarterfinals of the Asian Futsal Championship 2024 as Group A’s runners-up despite suffering a 2-1 defeat to Thailand on Sunday evening.

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