Read what is in the news today:

Politics

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on Tuesday for Governor of Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Khuong Sreng, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Health

-- The Ministry of Health reported 3,694 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, raising the national caseload to 11,424,754.

Society

-- A fire broke out at a four-story karaoke parlor in Thuan An City under southern Binh Duong Province on Tuesday night, injuring at least seven people. While rescuers saved 12 others, the authorities confirmed fatalities without specifying the exact number.

-- The Supreme People’s Procuracy has prosecuted two former officials of the Ministry of Public Security for receiving US$3.7 million to help the director of Thu Duc Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City escape the charge of a bidding rule violation that caused serious consequences in 2021.

-- The ceiling of a classroom at Quang Minh High School in Me Linh District, Hanoi suddenly fell off, injuring two students on Tuesday.

-- Police in Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City have pledged to strengthen patrolling after a series of reports by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on vandalism at public buildings and structures.

-- A heavy rain submerged a section of National Highway 51 in Bien Hoa City, southern Dong Nai Province, interrupting traffic on Tuesday night.

Sports

-- Eighty-six off-road racing teams have registered for the 2022 reality TV show 'HTV Terrain Challenge Cup' held by Ho Chi Minh City Television in the southern metropolis in the middle of this month, according to the organizer’s announcement.

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