Here are the news stories you should not miss today, June 26:

Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Tran Dai Quang, along with the First Lady and a delegation of high-ranking officials, is scheduled to leave Hanoi for his visits to Russia and Belarus from June 26 to July 1.

Society

-- Two nine-year-old children from the southern province of Dong Nai drowned on Sunday after swimming in a local reservoir.

-- The People’s Committee in Hanoi has submitted a document to the prime minister, proposing the retrieval of all dilapidated motorbikes that do not meet the technical requirements in order to reduce pollution, traffic jams, and accidents.

-- A family in the south-central province of Binh Dinh has accused a local hospital of being careless after a 29-year-old pregnant patient passed away as she was about to deliver her baby on Saturday afternoon.

-- Police in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau have arrested a suspect for selling drugs in front of a local rehab center.

-- Three young men from the Mekong Delta of Long An have been detained for attacking traffic police officers to steal back a motorbike after the vehicle was impounded due to a traffic violation.

Business

-- The General Department of Taxation has issued a document stating that those operators of shops on Facebook refusing to pay taxes will have their accounts blocked, with assistance from the U.S.-based tech company.

-- Memoranda of understanding for 15 projects worth a combined US$6 billion were signed during an investment conference in Hanoi, attended by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on Sunday morning.

-- Vegetable prices in Ho Chi Minh City have recently increased due to unstable weather conditions.

Lifestyle

-- The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved a plan to develop waterway tourism along local rivers and canals, in which new cruises will be offered to visitors in the coming years.

Sports

-- Twenty-year-old taekwondo athlete Truong Thi Kim Tuyen won Vietnam’s first-ever silver medal at the World Taekwondo Championship in South Korea on Sunday afternoon.

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