Here are today’s leading news stories:

Society

-- Vietnam reported no new cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Monday morning. The country’s tally still stands at 334, with 323 having recovered.

-- The medical bill of a 43-year-old British pilot for his COVID-19 treatment at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases from March 18 to May 22 has been paid by his insurance company. The exact amount has yet to be revealed but it is estimated at VND3 billion (US$130,200).

-- Many streets in Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City were seriously flooded after it rained heavily for nearly an hour on Monday afternoon.

-- A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly murdering and stealing from the owner of a coffee shop in the Mekong Delta province of Long An after paying her for sex on June 9.

-- A suspect has turned himself in after fatally stabbing a man in front of An Suong Bus Station in Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, a source close to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper confirmed on Monday.

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested the administration in southern Dong Nai Province to disburse VND23 trillion ($998 million) worth of investment capital to speed up site clearance for the construction of the Long Thanh megaairport.

-- A project costing about VND2.5 billion ($108,500) is expected to be carried out to restore an intelligent transportation system (ITS) along Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong Expressway, which connects the metropolis with the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.

Business

-- Exports of vegetables and fruit have fetched more than $1.5 billion in the year to date, a year-on-year decline of 14.5 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

-- PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) has approved an investment plan worth approximately $1.39 million to build Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants with a combined capacity of between 1,300 and 1,760 megawatts in the southern province of Dong Nai.

World news

-- Over 8.1 million people have caught COVID-19 around the world, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Nearly 438,500 have died of the disease globally while over 4.18 million have recovered.

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