Read what is in the news today:

Politics

-- The Indian Embassy in Vietnam announced on Tuesday that two Indian naval ships, INS Sahyadri and INS Kadmatt, will arrive at Nha Rong Wharf in Ho Chi Minh City for a visit from Friday to Sunday this week.

Society

-- The number of child inpatients at the respiratory department of Children’s Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City have markedly increased to the extent that staff have to add more beds along hallways.

-- The People’s Committee of south-central Phu Yen Province ordered penalties against people treading on coral reefs at the Hon Yen national relic site on Tuesday.

-- The hospital ship Khanh Hoa 01 of the Vietnam People’s Navy began providing medical examinations and drugs for more than 180 local residents of Phu Yen Province within the framework of the U.S.-led Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) on Tuesday.

-- A passenger bus from south-central Binh Thuan Province to Ho Chi Minh City crashed into a median strip on National Highway 1 in southern Dong Nai Province and overturned, killing one person and injuring six others on Tuesday afternoon.

-- Traffic police in Binh Thuan Province fined drivers of 46 ambulances for speeding when they were not on duty on National Highway 1 in the first half of this year, the provincial traffic police department said on Tuesday.

-- A fire destroyed three cruise ships that were anchored and waiting for maintenance at a repair facility in Ha Long City of northern Quang Ninh Province on Tuesday.

Business

-- Vietnam’s RON95-III gasoline price increased 1.54 percent to a new record of VND32,870 (US$1.42) per liter on Tuesday, having surged 41 percent since the beginning of this year.

Lifestyle

-- The semifinal competition of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2022 pageant took place on Tuesday evening at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.

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