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Society

— Only 37 COVID-19 patients remain in treatment in Vietnam as the country entered the 33rd consecutive day without any infection in the community. The national tally stands at 1,096, with 1,020 having recovered and 35 deaths.

— After the resurgence of COVID-19 in Da Nang in late July, the first group of 55 domestic tourists from the capital city of Hanoi on Sunday began their three-day and two-night tour exploring destinations the central city.

— Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just signed a decision to choose October 4 as Vietnam Labor Skills Day. The day will be observed nationwide in response to the annual World Youth Skills Day on July 15, which was approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014.

— The Children’s Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City said on Sunday that its doctors had saved a premature baby girl born at 32 weeks, weighing only 1.7 kilograms, with congenital heart disease, multiple respiration malformations, esophagus stricture, and duodenal obstruction.

— Five people died as a car carrying three men hit two other men on a motorbike crashed through a bridge’s barrier and fell into the river below in Thanh Chuong District, located in the north-central province of Nghe An, on Sunday evening.

Business

— Son Ha Development of Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company, a member of Vietnam’s Son Ha Group, on the weekend inaugurated its EVgo electric vehicle production plant in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

Education

— The website of the Hanoi University of Science and Technology went down at 5:00 pm on Sunday as too many people accessed it at the same time to check admission scores.

— A third-grade student was hospitalized in Hung Nguyen District, located in Nghe An Province, on Friday as a school gate suddenly fell down onto his leg at playtime, a leader of the district's bureau of education and training confirmed on Sunday.

Sports

— Liverpool, reigning champions of England, conceded seven goals in a match for the first time in Premier League history in Sunday’s stunning 7-2 loss to Aston Villa, which narrowly avoided relegation to the second-tier last season, according to Reuters.

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