Here are today’s leading news stories:

Politics

-- Up to 42 documents have been adopted within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings held from September 9 to 12 via videoconference, a record in the history of ASEAN foreign ministers’ meetings, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Society

-- Vietnam’s novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tally stands at 1,060, with 910 having recovered and 35 deaths on Sunday morning, according to Ministry of Health statistics.

-- Two suspects have been arrested for stealing a ship weighing 180 metric tons in the northern province of Thai Binh and bringing the vessel to northern Hai Duong Province to sell its parts.

-- A 48-year-old man and 55-year-old woman have been sentenced to 5.5 years and 3.5 years in prison, respectively, for pickpocketing passengers at a busy bus station in Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City.

-- Prolonged downpours have resulted in landslides that damaged four schools in Bao Thang District, located in the northern province of Lao Cai, authorities confirmed on Saturday.

-- The Nghia Ky landfill, the largest in the central province of Quang Ngai, resumed its operations on Saturday after a two-year shutdown. Local residents began blocking garbage trucks from entering the landfill in July 2018 as their lives were seriously affected by pollution brought about by the dumpsite.

Business

-- Local experts believed that Vietnam will reach its export target for timber and wooden products at US$12 billion this year, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country's export value of timber and wood products in August was estimated at $1.15 billion, up by 21.7 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

World News

-- More than 28.3 million people have been infected with COVID-19 while over 20.3 million patients have recovered from the disease around the world, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health's figures. Over 914,100 patients have lost their lives to the virus.

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