Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to the expanded summit of the Group of Seven (G7) and pay a working visit to Japan from May 19 to 21 at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday.

Society

-- Authorities in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi are verifying the authenticity of a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday showing two women bathing topless in the iconic Hoan Kiem Lake.

Business

-- The Airport Services Company of Vietnam (ASV), which owns the ASV Airports Taxi brand, signed a contract to rent 500 VinFast electric cars from Green and Smart Mobility Joint Stock Company, a subsidiary of Vietnamese multi-sector conglomerate Vingroup, for its airport taxi service on Tuesday.

Lifestyle

-- Authorities of Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam established its Culinary Culture Association on Tuesday afternoon to preserve and promote local cuisine to residents and visitors.

-- Vietnamese fried spring rolls ranks 70th in the list of the ‘100 Best Rated Appetizers in the World’ released by TasteAtla, which describes itself as a world atlas of traditional dishes, local ingredients, and authentic restaurants.

Sports

-- “Extra-time goals from Irfan Jauhari, Fajar Rahman and Beckman Putra earned Indonesia the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medal for the first time since 1991 with a 5-2 win over a Thailand side that finished the game with nine men in Phnom Penh on Tuesday,” Reuters reported.

-- Outgoing SEA Games men’s football champions Vietnam earned the consolation of a bronze medal after beating Myanmar 3-1 on Tuesday.

-- Vietnam won 136 gold medals to secure top spot on the medal tally as the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia comes to the final day of competition on Tuesday.

-- “A second-half goal by forward Lautaro Martinez earned Inter Milan a 1-0 victory over rivals AC Milan in their Champions League semi-final second leg on Tuesday, sealing a 3-0 aggregate win to book their ticket to the showpiece in Istanbul,” Reuters reported.

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