Read what is in the news today:

COVID-19 Updates

-- The Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed 92 new COVID-19 cases, including 91 domestic infections, on Monday morning, taking the national caseload to 10,630 patients, with 3,998 recoveries and 59 deaths.

-- Authorities in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City have locked down the entire Ehome 3 apartment complex from 10:00 am on Sunday and will test all of about 7,600 residents there for COVID-19 after an infection chain was determined to be related to this location.

Society

-- Functional forces in central Da Nang City had to deal with a fire that broke out at the Khanh Son landfill in Lien Chieu District at around 2:00 pm on Sunday and lasted until the evening of the same day.

-- Twelve people were caught hiding in an ambulance to avoid COVID-19 checkpoints on their way from the infection hotbed of Bac Ninh Province to Son La Province on Saturday night.

-- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam is seeking solutions from the Directorate Roads of Vietnam after discovering many passengers using bogus driver’s licenses to go through customs clearance at local airports.

-- Traffic police officers under the Ministry of Public Security said on Sunday afternoon that they were investigating an accident between a car and a truck in Hung Yen Province that killed three people on the spot on the same day.

-- A rare spotted linsang has been rescued from illegal breeding at a house in Hanoi, the Education for Nature - Vietnam announced on its Facebook page on Sunday.

Business

-- A total of 171 tourism enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City registered to withdraw their travel service business licenses from early 2020 to May, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Sports

-- The International Weightlifting Federation (IFM) has confirmed three Vietnamese weightlifters are qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, raising the number of Vietnamese Olympians to 13.

-- “Novak Djokovic claimed a 19th Grand Slam title and became the first man in 52 years to win all four majors twice when he came from two sets down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in a gripping French Open final on Sunday,” AFP reported.

Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!