Here are today’s leading news stories:

COVID-19 Updates

-- The Ministry of Health documented 684 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the national tally to 10,754,348, with 9,756,387 recoveries and 43,089 deaths.

Society

-- A low-pressure area formed in the East Vietnam Sea on Saturday and is expected to become a tropical depression on Sunday, bringing rains to southern and central provinces over the next few days.

-- People will be allowed to write in the funeral book and pay respects to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Embassy of Japan in Hanoi on Monday and Tuesday, the embassy said on Saturday.

-- A 47-year-old man allegedly murdered his 33-year-old girlfriend before committing suicide at their tenanted house in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

-- Southern Dong Nai Province has recorded its ninth death by dengue fever this year, authorities said on Saturday, adding that dengue fever cases in the locality have been rising sharply in the past week.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health is seeking feedback on the plan to construct a 300-hectare pharmaceutical industrial park during the 2025-30 period.

Business

-- A cashless fair organized by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade kicked off at Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone in the southern metropolis on Sunday morning.

Sports

-- Vietnam scored a 5-0 victory over Laos in their group-stage match at the 2022 AFF Women’s Championship in the Philippines on Saturday evening.

-- Vietnam will play archrivals Thailand in their last group-stage game at the 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in Indonesia at 8:00 pm on Sunday (Vietnam time). The clash will be aired on FPT Play.

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