Check out the news you should not miss today, April 26

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Sunday paid  a courtesy call to the Singaporean President  Halimah Yacob and his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong, when all sides expressed their satisfaction with the vigorous growth in the two countries' relations in recent years.

Society

-- A mother and four-year-old daughter died, while their husband and father was hospitalized in a critical condition due to alleged suffocation and carbon monoxide poisoning, after they turned on a backup generator inside their house in the southern province of Binh Duong during an hours-long blackout on Sunday.

-- A fake drug ring, producing medicines to treat nerve and blood diseases, had managed to distribute several thousand boxes of the products to the market before being busted by Ho Chi Minh City police in September 2017, officers said as they announced their investigation results on Sunday.

-- The Vietnamese government’s agency in charge of religion management has warned members of the public against the Christian new religious movement World Mission Society Church of God, which is seeking new followers in the country through what are believed to be improper activities.

Business

-- Vietnam has spent more than US$11.6 billion on importing 528,200 cars from 2011 to date, or a monthly average of 75,000 units, according to the General Statistics Office.

-- The Saigon Railways will offer 27 additional services from Ho Chi Minh City to top tourism destinations in south-central Vietnam, including Phan Thiet, Nha Trang and Quy Nhon from April 26 to May 1, to meet rising demand during the four-day holiday when the country observes the Reunification Day and Labor Day.

-- Vietnamese tour organizers are lamenting that they are reluctant to sign new contracts with visitors from Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, as they have no idea whether the visa waiver for tourists from these countries will be renewed after its expiration by the end of next month.

-- A proposal to develop a 43-kilometer expressway connecting Nong Cong and Tinh Gia Districts of the northern province of Thanh Hoa, at an estimated cost of VND7.3 trillion ($320.1 million) has been submitted to the Ministry of Transport for consideration.

Lifestyle

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and other top officials took part in an incense offering ceremony at the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site in the northern midland province of Phu Tho on Sunday, commemorating the national founders, Hung Kings, believed to reign over ancient Vietnam.