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Society

-- Muong Khuong District in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai experienced hail for some 10 minutes on Friday. Hailstones were as big as eggs, puncturing many local houses’ roofs.

-- Sixteen people were killed and 20 others injured in 32 crashes across Vietnam on Saturday, the first day of the ongoing five-day holiday, the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security informed. 

-- Five people suffered burns as a hot-air balloon exploded at an international festival in Tuyen Quang Province in northern Vietnam on Saturday.

-- Three children, who are family members, drowned in a dam in Quang Ngai Province in central Vietnam while taking a stroll with their grandparents on Saturday.

-- Two sleeper buses collided each other on a section of Noi Bai – Lao Cai Expressway in northern mountainous Yen Bai Province on Saturday morning, killing one driver and injuring dozens of pasengers.

Lifestyle

-- Many groups of tourists, mainly veterans, young people, and students, visited the 114-year-old office building of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City for the first time on Saturday, said a representative of the municipal Department of Tourism.

-- The 'Quy Nhon – Sea Paradise – Brilliant Colors' festival was kicked off at Quy Nhon Square in the namesake city of southern Binh Dinh Province on Saturday evening, attracting thousands of locals and tourists.

World News

-- A man shot dead five neighbors including an 8-year-old boy after some of them had asked him to stop shooting a semiautomatic rifle in his front yard in Cleveland, Texas, because it was keeping their baby awake, Reuters cited local police to report.

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