Here are today’s leading news stories:

Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, along with incumbent and former leaders and officials, attended a ceremony marking the 110th birthday of Chairman of the former Council of Ministers Pham Hung in the late leader’s hometown in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on Saturday.

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday offered incense and flowers at the Dong Loc T-junction national historical relic site in memory of heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for national liberation, as part of his working trip to north-central Ha Tinh Province.

COVID-19 Updates

-- The Ministry of Health documented 710 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the national tally to 10,731,244, with 9,547,919 recoveries and 43,083 deaths.

Society

-- Police in northern Hung Yen Province confirmed on Saturday they had apprehended five inmates after they broke out of prison early on Thursday morning.

-- Competent authorities managed to rescue 11 people after a fire broke out at a bakery in Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City early on Saturday morning.

-- Two out of 17 cars of Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line no. 1, which are being kept at Long Binh Depot in Thu Duc City, have been smeared with paint and graffiti, the project developer said on Saturday.

-- A resident in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City has handed over a rare monitor lizard weighing 1.3 kilograms to the city’s forest protection department after the animal got into his house about 10 days ago.

-- One person was killed on the spot after a tipper truck hit a motorbike along a section of National Highway No. 51 in southern Dong Nai Province on Saturday morning.

Sports

-- Vietnam will play Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals of the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan at 11:00 pm on Sunday (Vietnam time). The match will be aired on VTV6 Channel and FPT Play.

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