Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Nguyen Hong Ha, a former officer of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Osaka, Japan, has been arrested for his involvement in a COVID-19 repatriation flight bribery scandal, Lieutenant General To An Xo, spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, said on Tuesday.

-- The People’s Committee of Van Ninh District in south-central Khanh Hoa Province said on Tuesday night that rainstorms sank a fishing boat, leaving one person dead and another missing on the afternoon of the same day.

-- As many as 302 approved construction projects have remained on paper in Ho Chi Minh City since 2016, the municipal natural resources department reported at a meeting on Tuesday.

-- A 35-year-old car driver hailing from Ky Anh Town in north-central Nghe An Province has been kept in custody for drunk-driving and refusing to stop after causing a traffic accident to a motorbike on Monday, a local police leader said on Tuesday.

Business

-- Kaspersky blocked more than 18.9 million brute-force attacks targeting remote workers in Vietnam in the first six month of 2022, the highest number among Southeast Asian countries, the Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider said in a report on Tuesday.

Lifestyle

-- The People’s Committee of Hoan Kiem District is implementing a project to renovate the century-old Dien Hong garden, with professional support from the Paris-based Agency for International Cooperation in Vietnam.

-- Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s largest island off southern Kien Giang Province, has been selected as one of the 10 best islands in the world by readers of U.S. magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

Sports

-- Vietnam ended their journey at the AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2022 in Kuwait after losing 8-1 to powerhouse Iran in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

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