What you need to know today in Vietnam:

Society

-- Police in Hanoi launched a criminal investigation into a boarding house fire that killed 14 people and injured three others in Cau Giay District on Friday.

-- Lotte Vietnam, the operator of Lotte Mart shopping center in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, is demolishing an illegally-constructed 491-square-meter section atop the mall and pledged to complete the job by May 31.

-- Police in Dak Lak Province, located in the Central Highlands, are investigating the cause of an incident in which two men were killed after their motorbike plunged into a drainage ditch on Saturday.

Lifestyle

-- Twenty-eight beauty contestants of the finale of Miss Universe Australia 2024 and Miss Universe Australia 2023 Moraya Wilson are in Hoi An, a famed tourist city in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam, as part of the contest's activities.

-- Vietnam ranked 59th out of 119 economies in the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Development Index, marking a significant relegation against 2022, when the country was placed at 52nd among 117 economies.

-- Two steam locomotives manufactured in the 1960s have been restored and are expected to provide tourists with a new experience between Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue Province in central Vietnam, starting from the end of this year or early next year after they are connected with carriages.

Sports

-- “Manchester United upset the odds to beat Manchester City 2-1 in the FA Cup final, with goals by teenagers Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo settling the Wembley showpiece on Saturday, Reuters reported.

World News

-- “Thousands of people protested in Spain's Balearic Islands on Saturday against mass tourism ahead of the summer season,” according to Reuters.

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