Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- At least three individuals sustained injuries when a tourist bus, following a collision with a motorcycle, plunged approximately 50 meters down a hill in Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam on Sunday.

-- Three children aged 12 to 14 drowned during a sea swim in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam on Sunday.

-- The National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting predicted moderate to heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms in the northern region and Thanh Hoa Province starting Monday evening, which will alleviate water scarcity in the northern hydropower reservoirs.

-- Two individuals were instantly killed when a motorbike and a pickup truck collided with an overturned tank truck on National Highway 4D in northern Lao Cai Province, while another person, although hospitalized, ultimately succumbed to their injuries on Sunday.

-- Police in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam on Sunday announced the arrest of a 43-year-old suspect following his acts of murdering a woman and subsequently concealing her body in two sacks on a sidewalk a day earlier.

-- Police in Ho Chi Minh City caught a public bus operated by popular Vietnamese transport firm FUTA red-handed carrying packs of smuggled cigarettes on National Highway 1 in Thu Duc City on Sunday.

Business

-- The number of visitors to the Minh Chau-Quan Lan tourist area in Van Don District, Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam has decreased by about 35 percent to about 12,700 tourists per week due to frequent blackouts caused by the ongoing drought, according to the Van Don People’s Committee.

-- Digital channels account for over 90 percent of transactions in numerous banks across Vietnam at present, according to data from the central bank.

Lifestyle

-- A Vietnamese record and a world record were established as a staggering 2,126 bowls of ‘pho’ were served for breakfast to participants of a fundraising walk event in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, on Sunday.

Sports

-- Vietnamese chess player Tong Thai Hoang An clinched the silver medal in the Girls U12 event at the World Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships held in Batumi, Georgia on Sunday.

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