Read what is in the news today:

Politics

-- President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou landed in Hanoi on Sunday afternoon, starting her four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Society

-- The Ministry of Health has issued 14 million 'COVID-19 vaccine passports' to people from April 15 until now.

-- Rescuers found the body of a 37-year-old drowning victim at Ankroet Fall in Lac Duong District, Lam Dong Province of Vietnam’s Central Highlands on Sunday afternoon, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

-- Police in north-central Quang Tri Province are clarifying a case where a truck driver accused a traffic police officer of hitting him, which resulted in his hospitalization, the director of the provincial public security department said on Sunday.

-- Police in the southernmost province of Ca Mau issued an urgent arrest warrant for a 46-year-old woman on Sunday for the investigation of her murdering her husband four months ago by slashing the 42-year-old with a knife, tying his body to a large rock, and pushing both into a pond to cover up her act.

Business

-- Vietnamese steel manufacturer Hoa Phat Group and four commercial banks of Vietnam have been named in this year’s Forbes list of the world’s 2,000 largest companies (Global 2000), the Vietnam News Agency reported on Sunday.

Education

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training on Saturday announced a draft plan on increasing tuition fees expected to be applicable at public kindergartens and high schools from the 2022-23 academic year in the city.

Sports

-- Vietnam has claimed 66 gold medals, 46 silvers, and 43 bronzes, remaining atop the medal table at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games at the time of writing.

World news

-- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided an emergency politburo meeting and ordered the military be used to stabilize the supply of medicines in Pyongyang as the country battles its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak, Reuters cited state media on Monday.

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