Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, June 7:

Politics

-- Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Dinh La Thang told visiting New Zealand Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce during a reception on Monday that the southern Vietnamese metropolis is willing to boost cooperation with, and long-term investment from, the Kiwi country.

-- Vietnamese State President Tran Dai Quang met separately with French and Indian defense ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Manohar Parrika in Hanoi on Monday, with both talks focused on forging bilateral defense cooperation between Vietnam and each of the two countries.

Society                                                      

-- Police in Da Nang on Monday launched a criminal probe into the cruise ship accident that killed three, including two children, on Saturday.

-- Five kids drowned in two separate cases in the central city of Hue on Monday.

​-- Police in the central province of Quang Ngai on Monday received cash awards of VND30 million (US$1,339) and a merit certificate from the provincial administration for their timely handling of an armed gang fight a day earlier.

-- Three men in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa are feared dead as they remained unaccounted for late Monday, after suffocating from poisonous gas in an illegal gold mine one day earlier.

-- A passenger bus was traveling on a national highway in the southern province of Dong Nai early Monday when it suddenly caught fire. The driver and a few dozen passengers managed to flee the vehicle before it was destroyed.

Business

-- Customs at the Saigon Port in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday found two used cars and dozens of car engines being stashed in a container, en route from South Korea to Cambodia, even though the consignment was declared as textile products.

-- A lack of strict penalties is the reason why foreign tourists keep falling victim to dishonest traders and scammers in Ho Chi Minh City, local officials said at a recent meeting held by the municipal tourism department.

Lifestyle

-- Le Lam, a 85-year-old Vietnamese painter, is showcasing a number of his artworks, most of which were painted in Russia 50 years ago, at an exhibition running from June 6 to 8 in Hanoi, in celebration of the “ASEAN-Russia Year of Culture.”

Sports

-- Vietnam trounced Singapore 3-0 in extra time to win the championship of the four-team 2016 AYA Bank Cup in Myanmar on Monday.

-- Vietnamese sprinter Le Tu Chinh, 19, snatched a gold medal on Monday in the women’s 200m category, clocking 23.94 seconds, at the ongoing Asian Junior Athletics Championships 2016 in Ho Chi Minh City.

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