Read what is in the news in Vietnam today: 

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested Vietnam and China step up all-level contacts and raise the quality of cooperation across spheres, particularly in economy, trade, and investment, at his meeting with Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday.

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday had separate bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Barbados and Mongolia on the occasion of their attendance at the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, China.

Society

-- A house fire claimed the lives of two people who were trapped inside in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday evening.

-- Following a series of consecutive incidents where a pet dog bit six individuals in Me Linh District, Hanoi and subsequently attacked several other dogs, the authorities took action by launching an investigation and euthanizing 18 dogs as of Tuesday, according to the Medical Center of Me Linh District.

-- A ceremony to repatriate the remains thought to be associated with a U.S. servicemember missing in action during wartime in Vietnam was held at Da Nang International Airport in Da Nang City, central Vietnam on Tuesday.

Business

-- South Korean cosmetics exports to Vietnam from January to May this year surged 43.4 percent compared to the same period a year earlier, logging US$187.5 million in revenue and marking the highest growth rate among all of South Korea’s destination markets, according to The Korea Herald.

-- During the Net Zero conference held in Hanoi on Tuesday, Ha Thu Giang, director general of the Department of Credit for Economic Sectors of the State Bank of Vietnam, revealed that 40 credit institutions are currently supporting green projects, amounting to over VND500 trillion ($21.25 billion) and representing more than four percent of the economy’s total outstanding loans.

Sports

-- Five Vietnamese athletes who failed doping tests have been officially stripped of their nine medals, including five golds, won at the 31st Southeast Asian Games held in Vietnam in May last year, and have received a ban from all competitions for 16-18 months, as per the disciplinary decisions sent to the Vietnam Olympic Committee on Tuesday evening.

-- FC Banik Prievidza from Slovakia won a lawsuit that lasted over three years against SHB Da Nang FC of Vietnam, resulting in the latter being required to pay a fine and provide compensation of nearly $73,000 for player training expenses.

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