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Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Washington, D.C. on Friday (local time), as part of his ongoing U.S. visit from May 11 to 17.

Society

-- Police in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday have arrested a 52-year-old suspect who stole 42 drain hole covers on a US$133 million newly-inaugurated bridge.

-- Police in the Mekong Delta Province of Tra Vinh on Friday initiated legal proceedings against seven people for the embezzlement of VND609 million (US$26,377) that occurred at Tra Vinh City's Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs.

-- Many streets in Thu Duc City, under Ho Chi Minh City, were flooded following a heavy downpour that lasted for only 30 minutes on Friday afternoon.

-- Police in the central province of Quang Ngai on Friday initiated legal proceedings against the principal and the deputy head of the training division of Dong A vocational college for granting intermediate degrees to several non-students.

-- A 30-year-old woman from the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has been arrested for appropriating more than VN40 billion ($1.7 million) worth of deposits for purchase land deals from numerous customers.

--  After two years of hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of people gathered at the Opera House Square in Hai Phong City on Friday evening to take part in the Red Phoenix Flower Festival, which featured special musical performances.

World News

-- “Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc was “temporarily on hold” while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts”, Reuters reported on Friday.

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