Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

– Vietnam always treasures the comprehensive partnership with the Netherlands and sees the latter as its European friend, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutt in a phone call on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

– Leaders of Laos, China, and Cambodia have extended their congratulations to To Lam on his election as State President of Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Society

– Before it rained, a tornado appeared and ripped through the waters off Van Hung Commune under Van Ninh District in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, capsizing a fishing boat on Wednesday afternoon, said an official.

– British Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Emily Hamblin on Wednesday announced an additional £40 million (US$54 million) to extend the Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA), a global technical assistance program funded by the UK government, until 2029 to support at least 800 low-carbon projects in 16 countries across Asia, Latin America, and Africa, including Vietnam.

– Competent forces have successfully deactivated a 340-kilogram bomb left over from wartime in the central province of Quang Binh, the Vietnam News Agency cited a local official as saying on Wednesday.

– Phu Quoc, an island city off Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam, expects to reopen a direct air route to India in order to boost tourism growth, Huynh Quang Hung, chairman of the local People’s Committee told a reception for Madan Mohan Sethi, Consul General of India in Ho Chi Minh City, on Wednesday.

Lifestyle

– Thua Thien-Hue Province in central Vietnam will organize the opening ceremony for the Hue Festival Week 2024 at Kien Trung Palace, part of the Hue Imperial City, on June 7, the Hue Monuments Conservation Center announced on Wednesday.

– Apple awarded global clean water organization Gravity Water a grant to bring safe, clean water to 131 schools in northern Vietnam in 2023, according to the U.S. tech giant.

World News

– A powerful tornado ripped through a small Iowa town on Tuesday, killing multiple people and leaving at least a dozen injured, Reuters reported, citing authorities.

– British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election on Wednesday for July 4, saying Britons would be able to choose their future in a vote his Conservatives are widely expected to lose to the opposition Labour Party after 14 years in power, according to Reuters.

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