Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Society

-- Nearly 150,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City still rely on untreated underground or well water, avoiding the use of clean water provided by factories, according to Nguyen Van Dang, deputy general director of Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco).

-- A pregnant woman suffering heavy bleeding in Phu Quoc Island City, off Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam, who had 400-500 people line up to donate blood, passed away on Sunday afternoon.

-- Police in Ninh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam on Sunday announced that in a joint effort with the Ministry of Public Security, they arrested a Russian man wanted by Interpol, found hiding in the province.

-- Police in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi on Sunday fined a street vendor VND150,000 ($6) for selling four ‘banh ran’ (Vietnamese deep-fried glutinous rice balls) at VND50,000 ($2), a price higher than usual, to two foreigners at Sword Lake.

Business

-- Long An Province in southern Vietnam is prioritizing investment attraction to the Tan Tay Apricot Village eco-tourism area spanning 460 hectares, the provincial Department of Planning and Investment said on Sunday.

Lifestyle

-- The Youth Fest 2024, held along Pham Ngoc Thach Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City from Friday to Sunday, drew more than 50,000 young participants, according to the organizer.

Sports

-- Vietnamese billiards players Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh emerged as the champions of the 36th World Championship Three-Cushion National Teams in Germany on Monday morning (Vietnam time).

-- The Vietnam Football Federation on Sunday refuted claims from a YouTube video alleging that several key players requested to leave the Vietnamese national football team before their rematch against Indonesia on Tuesday in the second round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.

World News

-- Russia lowered flags to half-mast for a day of mourning and charged four men it accused of gunning down scores of people at a concert outside Moscow on Friday night in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades, Reuters reported.

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