Read what is in the news today:

Society

-- Officials in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong and in southern Binh Phuoc Province found the bodies of an 18-year-old boy and four 17-year-old students, who drowned in the Serepok River and the Dong Nai River, respectively, after hours of searching on Sunday.

-- Hanoi police are verifying a case where a woman tried to cling to a car door, then was pushed down the road as the driver accelerated and turned the steering wheel on Ring Road 3 on Sunday.

-- Traffic accidents claimed 11 lives and injured 26 people across Vietnam on Sunday, the second day of a four-day break marking Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1).

-- Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has approved putting aside more than 1,396 metric tons of rice from the national reserves for Tuyen Quang and Quang Tri Provinces during the between-crop period in 2022.

Business

-- Singapore wants to further promote cooperation with Vietnam in clean and renewable energy, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Sunday, quoting Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam as saying at a recent working session with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An in Hanoi. 

Sports

-- Washington Brandao’s first-half strike earned Hoang Anh Gia Lai a 1-0 win over Sydney FC in Group H in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday as the Vietnamese side closed out the 2022 AFC Champions League with five points.

World news

-- “Police fired tear gas to push back black-clad anarchists who ransacked business premises in Paris on Sunday during May Day protests against the policies of newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron,” Reuters reported.

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