What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Politics

-- Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang underscored his country's commitment to making all-out contributions for the sake of peace, cooperation, stability, and prosperous development in Asia and the world at the 28th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

-- Vietnam demands that China withdraw its research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 10, Coast Guard vessels, and fishing ships from Vietnamese waters, the Vietnam News Agency quoted Deputy Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang as saying on Thursday.

Society

-- The administration in Phu Quoc City off Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam on Thursday issued a decision to pull down a 12-story building illegally constructed in Duong To Commune. The building will be dismantled over the course of 90 days.

-- A 86-year-old man has just been prosecuted for raping a six-year-old girl in Hanoi in 2022.

-- Three siblings drowned after falling into a pond when shepherding goats in Ninh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam on Thursday.

-- Police in Ho Chi Minh City said on Thursday that they had arrested three South Koreans for burgling a house in District 7 and stole assets worth over VND2 billion (US$85,188) on May 21.

Business

-- Many hotels in Ho Chi Minh City are shut down or on sale given the ongoing economic downturn, according to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters' observation. 

Lifestyle

-- Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are considering sanctions against the organizer of a fashion show, New Tradition, for featuring models wearing scanty clothes.

World News

-- "Killer whales severely damaged a sailing boat off the coast of southern Spain, the local maritime rescue service said on Thursday, adding to dozens of orca attacks on vessels recorded so far this year on Spanish and Portuguese coasts," Reuters reported.

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