Read what is in the news today:
Society
— Torrential rains following a rare downpour on Sunday afternoon inundated many streets and made traffic become chaotic in Hanoi.
— A passenger bus running on National Highway 2B in the direction from Tam Dao Town to Vinh Yen District in northern Vinh Phuc Province crashed into a guard rail and fell into a cliff, injuring two of the 30 people it was carrying on Sunday afternoon.
— Many shopping malls and supermarkets were busy on Sunday despite the ongoing rainy weather and just a few promotion programs.
— Police in south-central Phu Yen Province announced on Sunday night the arrest of a 34-year-old male suspect in the murder of his ex-wife and her parents.
— Former Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang and the Vietnam Red Cross Society donated 1,000 multi-function life jackets and 140 first-aid bags to poor fishermen in south-central Khanh Hoa Province on Sunday afternoon.
Business
— Vietnam’s import-export turnover during the first five months of this year reached US$305.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15.6 percent, according to a report released on Sunday by the General Statistics Office.
Sports
— Many football fans in Ho Chi Minh City eagerly spent the whole Sunday morning queuing to buy tickets for the Vietnam – Afghanistan friendly, scheduled for Wednesday evening at Thong Nhat Stadium in the southern city’s District 10.
Health
— “The World Health Organization said on Sunday that monkeypox constitutes a ‘moderate risk’ to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found,” Reuters reported.