Check out the news you should not miss in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited and offered flowers at the statue of President Ho Chi Minh on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street and other historical sites in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday afternoon, the third day of her four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Society

-- Authorities of Hoi An City in Quang Nam Province on Wednesday night found the body of a six-year-old girl who was carried by her father while he committed suicide by jumping off the Cua Dai Bridge two days earlier. 

-- Three members of a family in Ho Chi Minh City died and another has been in medical care after they burned honeycomb briquettes in their house on Wednesday.

-- Doctors at the District 5-based Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City said on Wednesday that they had successfully removed a fish bone that caused perforation in a 74-year-old patient's colon.

-- Multiple drain hole covers along Ba Thang Hai Street in Rach Gia City, Kien Giang Province have been stolen, the local People’s Commitee said on Wednesday.

Sports

-- Vietnamese track-and-field athlete Lo Thi Thanh was stripped of her silver medal in the 10,000-meter run at the 31st SEA Games on Wednesday for wearing improper footwear.

-- Vietnamese athlete Lo Thi Hoang won a gold medal in the javelin throw event at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Wednesday.

-- The Vietnamese national women’s football team will be given about VND1.3 billion (US$56,177) for advancing to the women's football final at the 31st SEA Games with a 1-0 win over Myanmar on Wednesday.

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