Read what is in the news today:

Health

-- Vietnam now risks impoting monkeypox cases, Nguyen Luong Tam, deputy director of the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, said during an urgent meeting with the World Health Organization office in Vietnam on Sunday afternoon.

-- The Ministry of Health confirmed 748 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising Vietnam’s patient tally to 10,767,948.

Society

-- An 11-year-old boy was electrocuted while using a charging mobile phone and died later at the hospital in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on Sunday.

-- To Vinh Dien Street leading to the complex of universities under the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City, connecting Thu Duc City with Binh Duong Province, has been seriously degraded, with giant potholes lining it.

-- A fence made of corrugated iron belonging to the renovation of a drainage system on Vo Van Ngan Street in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City suddenly collapsed, injuring two passers-by on Sunday.

Business

-- A charter flight carrying 141 passengers from Incheon, South Korea landed safely at Lien Khuong International Airport in Lam Dong Province on Saturday, marking the first post-pandemic international flight between the two destinations, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Education

-- Nguyen Huy Ky, 82, the oldest candidate in the 2022 national high school graduation exam, officially passed the exam with a total score of 22.35, as per the results announced on Sunday.

Sports

-- “Dane Jonas Vingegaard claimed his maiden Tour de France title after Sunday’s 21st and final stage,” Reuters reported.

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