Check out the news you should not miss today, May 21

Politics

-- The 14th tenure of the lawmaking National Assembly convened for its fifth session in Hanoi today, May 21, with eight draft laws and one draft resolution expected to be passed during the 20-day sitting.

Society

-- Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc talked with nearly 1,000 workers at industrial zones in northern Vietnam's Red River Delta and listen to their concerns during a dialogue in Ha Nam Province on Sunday.

-- A dead body was found on Sunday on the popular trekking route of Ta Nang - Phan Dung, which links Binh Thuan and Lam Dong Province, believed to be a 24-year-old Vietnamese man who was reported missing since May 12 .

-- A heavy rain and whirlwind hit the central highlands city of Da Lat on Sunday, pulling several houses and trees down, and destroying multiple crops.

-- Administrators in the southern province of Vinh Long has imposed a ban on sand mining at 19 spots along local waterways, including three major rivers, namely Tien, Hau and Co Chien.

Business

-- The 10th Vietnam Festival in Tokyo concluded on Sunday, with Vietnam's firms taking advantage of the two-day event to promote Vietnamese farm produce to Japanese consumers.

-- A Vietjet flight departing from Taiwan, and a Vietnam Airlines flight from Phu Quoc had to temporarily land at Cam Ranh International Airport instead of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City due to bad weather.

-- Vietnam currently has 39,425 state-owned cars, collectively worth more than VND25.55 trillion (US$1.13 billion), making up 2.21 percent of state assets, according to a report the government submitted to the lawmaking National Assembly.

-- Many Vietnamese tour organizers say they have received enough bookings to launch packages for tourists to explore Russia and watch the 2018 World Cup next month.

Sports

-- China’s Jiangsu volleyball club won the $15,000 top prize of the 2018 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup, an international women's volleyball tournament organized by the Vietnam Volleyball Federation, after beating American rivals BIP in the final game in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam on Sunday.