Read what is in the news today:

Society

-- A car and a passenger bus breaking down during a rainstorm caused gridlock for over two hours on National Highway 51 in Bien Hoa City of southern Dong Nai Province on Sunday night.

-- Many streets across Ho Chi Minh City were submerged in knee-high rainwater following a two-hour downpour on Sunday afternoon.

-- Police in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province issued an urgent arrest warrant against Vo Hoai Phuong, director of Gia Khiem Transport Co. Ltd., on Saturday to investigate the act of producing and trading counterfeit gasoline.

-- Ho Chi Minh City reported one more death from dengue fever from June 10 to 16, bringing the total fatalities from the tropical disease since the beginning of the year to nine people, the municipal Center for Disease Control announced on Sunday.

-- Rescuers accidentally saved a woman, who intended to jump from the Dong Nai Bridge to commit suicide, while searching for a young man who had jumped from the same bridge into the namesake river on Sunday.

-- A collision between a cargo vessel and a cruise ship killed one person at Cua Cai Beach in Lan Ha Bay, Cat Hai District, northern Hai Phong City on Sunday.

Business

-- The Ministry of Finance has proposed the government slash the tax on gasoline by VND1,000 (US$0.043) per liter.

World news

-- The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH19) of the U.S. Military Sealift Command has docked at Vung Ro Port in south-central Phu Yen Province to participate in the Pacific Partnership 2022 program, the Consulate General of the United States in Ho Chi Minh City announced on Sunday.

Sports

-- Saudi Arabia were crowned the AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 champions after beating Uzbekistan 2-0 in the final on Sunday.

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