Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang will attend the 27th Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum from June 5 to 8 at the invitation of Anton Kobyakov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee of Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to the Vietnamese Government Portal.

Society

-- Ho Chi Minh City has proposed 28 unprecedented and groundbreaking mechanisms and policies in order to complete 183km of metro lines within 11 years.

-- The family of a 27-year-old Vietnamese woman, who had gone missing since January, has informed that she passed away in Europe, as announced by Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh on Tuesday evening.

-- Police in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam on Tuesday announced the dismantling of an online football betting operation, apprehending 12 suspects and seizing numerous related documents and exhibits.

-- Police in Bac Giang Province, northern Vietnam on Tuesday reported the apprehension of a 41-year-old suspect for illegal storage and transportation of over one metric ton of lead bullets, along with multiple weapons and explosives.

-- Authorities in Thai Nguyen Province, northern Vietnam have fined a male driver VND4 million (US$157) and suspended his driver’s license for two months after he was found carrying four women in the rear luggage compartment.

Business

-- Vietnam spent approximately VND2 trillion ($78.7 million) importing seafood from Norway in January-April, revealed Asbjørn Warvik Rørtveit, director of Southeast Asia at the Norwegian Seafood Council, during a cooperation agreement signing event in Hanoi on Tuesday.

-- The Vietnamese state-owned postal service Vietnam Post was targeted by a ransomware attack, rendering its website and application inaccessible starting Tuesday morning.

Sports

-- Vietnam overpowered Taiwan 3-0 in straight sets in Pool D to secure their berths in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Asian Volleyball Confederation Challenge Cup for Men held in Bahrain on Tuesday.

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