Read what is in the news today.

Politics

— During a reception by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung on Friday, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie said that Australia is impressed by Vietnam’s COVID-19 response and pledges AUD10.5 million (US$7.3 million) to support the country’s post-pandemic recovery.

Society

— Vietnam confirmed one imported case of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an overseas Vietnamese returning from the UK, on Saturday morning — the 51st day of no community transmission. The national infection tally now stands at 329, with 307 recoveries and no death.

— Ninety-nine pregnant women were among 343 Vietnamese nationals returning from Japan on a flight operated by Vietnam Airlines in collaboration with the Vietnam Embassy in Japan and other ministries on Friday.

— Doctors at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases have removed five intestinal worms, identified as Dracunculus medinensis — a species of roundworm that causes Guinea worm disease, from the abscesses appearing on the limbs of a man in the northern province of Yen Bai. This type of intestinal worm had never been discovered in Vietnam before but are commonly found in India, Southwest Asia, and rural areas of Africa.

— Police and military forces in the central city of Da Nang and the north-central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been hunting for a highly dangerous criminal, who broke out of a prison in the central province of Quang Ngai for the second time on Wednesday, on the Hai Van Pass that connects Thua Thien-Hue and Da Nang.

— More than 100 large trees have been left behind at a plant nursery in Hanoi since November 2016 after they were moved from Kim Ma Street for the construction of a railway project.

Business

— Uniqlo Vietnam launched another store in the country’s tallest building Landmark 81 in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh District on Friday, less than a month after the opening of its third outlet at SC Vivo City in the city’s District 7.

— National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will open two new routes this month connecting Vinh City in the north-central province of Nghe An with Phu Quoc Island off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and Nha Trang City in south-central Khanh Hoa Province.

Education

— The seminal 2020 National High School Examination, hosted by the Ministry of Education and Training, will take place on August 9 and 10 after being delayed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

World news

— Over 6.83 million people have caught COVID-19 around the world, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. More than 397,000 have died of the disease globally while almost 3.33 million have recovered.

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