Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – March 28

Here are today’s leading news stories:

Politics

-- Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue held online talks with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao Leji on Monday.

-- Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on Monday for Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center Lazare Eloundou Assomo, who is on a visit to Vietnam.

Society

-- Northern Vietnam is expected to see medium to heavy rains on Tuesday with low temperatures at night and early in the morning, while it will remain hot and sunny throughout the day in southern provinces, the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting reported.

-- Authorities in north-central Ha Tinh Province confirmed on Monday afternoon they had found the body of the final victim after three students drowned at a local beach on Saturday.

-- A middle school teacher in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long has been accused of groping a female student as well as improperly revising students’ scores.

-- Police in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap confirmed on Monday they had rescued a 15-year-old girl who was sold to a karaoke parlor in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak and forced to work there.

-- The driver of a long-haul bus was killed while many passengers were injured after the vehicle went off road and plunged into a paddy field in central Quang Ngai Province on Monday afternoon.

-- A large water pipe running along Pham Van Dong Boulevard in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City was fixed on Monday afternoon after getting broken three days ago, authorities said, adding that water supply in the area has been stabilized.

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