Here are today’s leading news stories:
Politics
-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed an initiative to form a global network on sharing data on oceans and seas toward a global framework on preventing marine plastic waste at a discussion on climatic and environmental issues within the framework of the G20 Summit in Osaka on Saturday.
Society
-- The scorching weather in northern Vietnam is forecast to end on Monday and will be replaced by rain and thunderstorms, especially in mountainous areas, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.
-- One person was killed and nine others remain nowhere to be found after a fishing boat carrying 19 crew members hit a cargo ship and sank near Bach Long Vy Island off the northern city of Hai Phong on Saturday afternoon.
-- Police in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on Saturday arrested and initiated legal proceedings against a 54-year-old man for posting and sharing Facebook statuses, photos, and videos whose content was against the Vietnamese state.
-- One person died after an explosion occurred at a beer making factory in Thuan An Town, located in the southern province of Binh Duong, on Saturday afternoon.
-- A coach driver has been fined VND5.5 million (US$236) and had his license revoked for two months after being caught on CCTV dropping off a passenger along the hard shoulder of the Hanoi-Hai Phong Expressway on Saturday morning.
-- Multiple fractures have been discovered along the road leading to Vam Cong Bridge, which connects Dong Thap Province and Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta, just over a month after the infrastructure was opened to traffic.
Lifestyle
-- More than 4,000 naval soldiers and about 100 volunteer youths joined hands to clean up garbage and plant new trees along the beach in Cam Ranh City, situated in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, on Saturday morning.
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