Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone, who is in Hanoi to attend the ASEAN Future Forum, on Monday.

Society

-- Traders at Dam Market in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, located in south-central Vietnam, have reported that a gang of robbers has stolen their goods during the daytime over the past six months.

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded an investigation into the cause of a serious labor accident at a cement factory in Yen Bai Province, northern Vietnam on Monday. The accident killed seven workers and injured three others.

-- The administration in Ho Chi Minh City has tasked Thu Duc City and all districts with calling on residents to use fresh water sparingly and store it in a bid to respond to droughts, water shortages, and saltwater intrusion.

-- The Department of Planning and Investment in Khanh Hoa Province has proposed dispatching 16 officials to the U.S. to establish sisterhood with two U.S. cities, and conduct investment, trade, and tourism promotion activities. 

-- Three elementary school students from Dak Lak Province in the Central Highlands drowned while bathing in a local lake after school on Monday, a local official said the same day.

-- Police in Hanoi are identifying the origin of a crocodile weighing some five kilograms that a resident caught from a local fishing lake several days earlier, an official told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Monday.

-- A free-of-charge bus route between Ha Long City and Cam Pha City, both in northern Quang Ninh Province, will begin operations on Saturday this week, providing tourists with an additional transport option.

Sports

-- “Spain's World Cup winning midfielder Aitana Bonmati was named the Sportswoman of the Year, while Serbia's Novak Djokovic captured the top men's honour at the Laureus awards ceremony on Monday,” according to Reuters.

World News

-- “A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Tuesday, with no immediate reports of damage,” Reuters reported, citing the island's weather administration.

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