Check out the news you should not miss today, June 11
Politics
-- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has had bilateral meetings with leaders of many G7 nations and guest countries attending the G7 Outreach Summit in Quebec, Canada over the weekend.
Society
-- Large crowd-gatherings and demonstrations against a draft law for new special economic zones were held in Ho Chi Minh City and other localities on Sunday, even though the government announced one day earlier that it would call on the lawmaking National Assembly to delay adoption of the bill to later this year.
-- Police in the southern province of Tien Giang said on Sunday they are investigating a case involving a 47-year-old patient who apparently jumped to death from the third floor of the province’s general hospital in the morning the same day.
-- Police in the southern province of Long An said on Sunday they have launched legal proceedings against 47-year-old Ho Van Hoang, who was accused by his ten-year-old daughter of sexually harassing her multiple times.
Business
-- Vietnam should maintain fast economic growth to ensure sustainable development amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a symposium held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences in Hanoi on Sunday.
-- TV leasing and other football-related services are busy looking for customers in Vietnam as the 2018 FIFA World Cup starts later this week.
-- Vietnam’s SBT has confirmed its shipment of 29 metric tons of sugar to the U.S., becoming the first-ever Vietnamese sugar-maker to be able to enter this market.
Education
-- Le Phuoc Thiet, 85, got his MBA from the Duy Tan University during a graduation ceremony in the central city of Da Nang on Sunday, becoming the oldest Vietnamese to complete a master’s degree.
Lifestyle
-- The 2018 national traditional rowing contest kicked off in Phan Thiet city of the south-central province of Binh Thuan on Sunday, with more than 100 athletes from six localities competing in three events of 200m, 500m and 1,000m.
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