Here are today’s leading news stories:

Society

-- An 18-year-old man has become Vietnam’s novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient No. 332 after returning to the country from Cambodia via a waterway border gate in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on May 25.

-- A British pilot who is Vietnam’s most seriously ill COVID-19 patient has been able to sit up, write on a board, and adjust the height of his bed as the muscle strength of his hands continues to improve, the Ministry of Health said on Monday.

-- The heatwave that has been scorching northern Vietnam since June 1 is expected to linger until June 13, with the highest temperature reaching 37-39 degrees Celsius. This could be the longest heatwave to have hit the region since 1993, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

-- Police in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City confirmed on Monday they had arrested the leader of a gang of nearly 200 men who attacked a local eatery last Friday night.

-- More than 340 Vietnamese citizens who were stranded in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic were repatriated on Monday and have been quarantined following their arrival at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

-- Officers in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa are investigating a case where a 50-year-old man and his 17-year-old son were found dead inside a well at their house on Monday afternoon.

Business

-- The Ministry of Finance is seeking feedback from relevant agencies regarding its plan to cut environmental protection tax on aircraft fuel by 30 percent to support the recovery of the aviation sector following the COVID-19 epidemic.

-- Vietnam exported nearly 2.9 million metric tons of rice valued at US$1.41 billion in January-May, up by 5.1 percent in quantity and 18.9 percent in value year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

World news

-- Over 7.18 million people have caught COVID-19 around the world, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. More than 408,200 have died of the disease globally while almost 3.53 million have recovered.

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