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Society

-- A fire engulfed a cold storage warehouse measuring some 300 square meters before sweeping into a nearby beer warehouse in Thu Duc City, under the jurisdiction of Ho Chi Minh City, on Wednesday night. No casualties were reported but two firefighters suffered from smoke inhalation and required medical attention.

-- Vietnam reported 347 traffic accidents that left 138 people dead and 285 others injured during the five-day holiday in celebration of the country’s Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1), according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday signed a dispatch demanding prompt actions to cope with the aftermath of a deadly workplace accident that took place in a wood factory in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam earlier the same day, as well as to support victims.

-- Seventy-three people in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam were hospitalized on Tuesday evening due to suspected food poisoning after they ate banh mi and developed several symptoms like fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, a local hospital where they were receiving medical care confirmed on Wednesday night.

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday sent an urgent dispatch to relevant ministries and heads of localities nationwide, urging them to keep a close watch on the on-going heatwave that may pose a high risk of forest fires in many parts of the country.

Business

-- Two unlicensed tourist sites adjacent to a stream in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh were forced to suspend operations and be demolished after a 52-year-old tourist drowned there on Tuesday afternoon, a local official said on Wednesday.

-- Tourist arrivals in Phu Quoc City off Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam during the five-day holiday commemorating Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1) fell short of authorities’ expectation due to high airfares. The island city served only 125,860 visitors, including 22,420 international tourists, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

World News

-- Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday he will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza, according to Reuters.

-- Ten people died and 21 are missing due to heavy rains this week in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, with the local government warning that the situation is critical and could deteriorate further, Reuters reported.

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