Read what is in the news today:

Society

-- Vietnam’s Ministry of Health reported two new cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday morning, with the country’s tally climbing to 251. A total of 122 patients have recovered so far.

-- A riverside pedestrian street that snakes along the To Lich River in Hanoi has become crowded over the past days as residents flock to go for a walk or jog there, as the capital city has closed all public parks to discourage citizens from going outside unnecessarily.

-- Police in the southern province of Binh Phuoc said late Tuesday they had arrested a 92-year-old man who had been living under a new identity for 37 years after escaping from prison in 1983 while serving a life sentence for “plotting against the people’s government.”

-- The People’s Committee of Me Linh District in Hanoi decided late Tuesday to impose a lockdown on the entirety of Ha Loi Hamlet in the district’s Me Linh Commune – home to nearly 3,000 households and 10,900 residents – for 14 days in relation to Vietnam’s COVID-19 patient No. 243.

-- Doctors at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi have successfully performed a bone marrow transplant on a two-year-old patient born with a rare disease known as Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, which has been diagnosed in only 1-9 out of one million children globally.

-- The investigative police agency under Nha Be District Police has transferred case files on the death of Dr. Bui Quang Tin – who fell from the 14th floor of an apartment building to his death on Sunday – to investigators at the Ho Chi Minh City police bureau for further investigation.

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to archive electronic documents of state-run agencies in 2020-25, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

Business

-- Three Vietnamese entrepreneurs have been honored in the American magazine Forbes’ annual ‘30 Under 30 Asia’ list, said the Ministry of Science and Technology on Tuesday. They are among six entrepreneurs receiving the ministry’s support via a start-up support scheme.

Lifestyle

-- Son Doong 360 – a project by National Geographic aiming to preserve Son Doong Cave in north-central Vietnam in digital form – has been nominated by UK newspaper The Guardian as among the ten “best virtual tours of the world's natural wonders” to take from the comfort of one’s own home.

World News

-- The novel coronavirus has infected nearly 1.34 million people and killed more than 74,600 around the world as of Tuesday morning, according to Ministry of Health statistics. More than 278,200 patients have recovered.

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