Read what is in the news today:

Politics

-- Within the framework of his two-day official visit to Vietnam, Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob held a meeting in Hanoi on Sunday with representatives from three Vietnamese groups, namely Sovico, Hoa Binh Construction, and Gami, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Society

-- A woman in northern Son La Province cut and threw away her husband's penis over a dispute on Sunday, according to local authorities.

-- Thousands of vehicles complained about toll collection at Phuoc Tuong Tunnel in central Thua Thien-Hue Province last weekend even though they did not travel through it.

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged the Ministry of Health to study the vaccination against COVID-19 for children aged between three and five.

-- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport approve the proposal of the People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province on the temporary closure of Con Dao Airport on the namesake island from April to December of 2023 for renovation, according to Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper. 

Business

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the inauguration ceremony of Hayat Kimya Vietnam factory project at Becamex Binh Phuoc Industrial Park in southern Binh Phuoc Province on Sunday.

Sports

-- Vietnamese boxer Le Huu Toan outplayed his Thai opponent Kitidech Hirunsuk after 12 rounds, winning the WBA Asia Championship title in the minimum weight division on Sunday.

-- Fourteen Vietnamese runners won major prizes at the 2022 Manulife Da Nang International Marathon, which took place in the central city of Da Nang on Sunday.

World news

-- A car ploughed into a crowd of early morning carnival-goers in Belgium on Sunday, killing six people and injuring dozens of others, AFP quoted local authorities as saying.

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