Read what is in the news today:

Society

-- Football fans nationwide swarmed the streets after Vietnam beat Thailand to claim the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medal in men’s football on Sunday night.

-- Serious gridlock occurred on the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway in the direction from Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province to Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday night.

-- A 36-year-old woman was found lying immobile while her eight-month-old daughter was already dead in a rented room in an apparent suicide in Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday morning.

Business

-- Vietnam’s budget carrier Vietjet has officially reopened flights connecting Seoul in South Korea and the Southeast Asian country’s beach cities of Nha Trang, Phu Quoc, and Hai Phong.

Education

-- Seventy-two marked crosswalks in front of schools in District 1, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 8, Tan Binh District, Hoc Mon District, Cu Chi District, and Thu Duc City in Ho Chi Minh City have been painted reflective red to increase traffic safety in those areas.

Lifestyle

-- A fruit week is scheduled to take place at Binh Dong Wharf along Tau Hu Canal in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City from May 28 to June 4.

Sports

-- Vietnam won 24 gold medals on Sunday, including one from the much-anticipated men’s football, to wrap up their SEA Games run at the top of the medal table with 205 golds, which broke the record of 194 golds set by Indonesia in 1997.

-- “AC Milan clinched their first Italian Serie A title in 11 years after earning a 3-0 final-day victory at Sassuolo on Sunday, with a double from Olivier Giroud and one from Franck Kessie sealing the Scudetto in style,” Reuters reported.

-- “Manchester City won their fourth Premier League title in five years on Sunday after beating Aston Villa 3-2 at home on the final day of the season,” Reuters reported.

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