Here are today’s leading news stories:

Society

-- Vietnam did not report any cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Sunday morning. The country’s tally is still at 288, with 241 having recovered.

-- The bodies of two remaining victims have been found after a boat capsized along Thu Bon River in the central province of Quang Nam on Friday afternoon. The boat was carrying 11 people, of whom six were rescued while five others went missing.

-- An official of the tax office in Bo Trach District, located in the north-central province of Quang Binh, has been suspended for driving under the influence of alcohol and challenging traffic police officers after he was pulled over.

-- One person was killed and 14 others injured, while more than 4,300 houses were damaged after a downpour accompanied by strong gusts battered multiple districts in the northern province of Phu Tho on early Saturday morning.

-- Police in the central city of Da Nang confirmed on Saturday they had arrested 10 suspects, many of whom are teenagers, for smashing car windows and stealing property from the vehicles, causing damage worth over VND200 million (US$8,600).

Business

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called for greater efforts to restart the national economy with the aim of achieving a GDP growth rate of over five percent this year during a teleconference with the country’s business community on Saturday.

-- PetroVietnam’s crude oil output exploited in the first four months of 2020 reached 7.2 million metric tons, exceeding its set target by 7.7 percent, despite difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and a sharp decrease in oil prices.

Lifestyle

-- Bars and pubs in Ho Chi Minh City have been allowed to reopen following a long shutdown due to the COVID-19 epidemic, while discos and karaoke shops are still banned, the municipal administration announced on Saturday.

World News

-- The novel coronavirus has infected over 4.1 million people and killed more than 280,400 around the globe as of Sunday morning, according to statistics. Above 1.4 million patients have recovered from COVID-19.

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