Here are today’s leading news stories:

Society

-- Eighty traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam from Saturday to Monday, the first three days of the ongoing four-day holiday, killing 38 people and injuring 53 others, the National Committee for Traffic Safety reported.

-- Many routes leading to Hanoi were congested on Monday afternoon as people rushed back to the capital city even though the ongoing holiday has yet to end.

-- Officers in south-central Binh Thuan Province confirmed on Monday they had found the body of a 13-year-old student who went missing after falling into a canal on Sunday.

-- The ferry service taking tourists from Cat Ba Island off northern Hai Phong City back to the mainland was overcrowded on Monday afternoon after many travelers were stranded on the island for nearly one day due to bad weather.

-- Police in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang said on Monday they had apprehended a 31-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death his older brother during a fight while he was under the influence of alcohol.

-- Police officers in northern Thai Binh Province have arrested a 44-year-old teacher who was accused of molesting a fifth grader.

-- Waterway police officers in Ho Chi Minh City confirmed on Monday they had arrested a member of a group of men who had allegedly stolen about 800 liters of diesel oil from local ships.

Lifestyle

-- The Da Nang Department of Tourism announced on Monday that the central city had welcomed more than 254,000 visitors during the holiday weekend marking Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1).

Sports 

-- Hundreds of people waited in front of Viet Tri Stadium in northern Phu Tho Province for an entire night on Monday in order to buy tickets to the football matches of Vietnam U23s during the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam in May.

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