Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Health

-- The Ministry of Health confirmed an additional 1,477 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising Vietnam’s patient tally to 10,779,632.

Society

-- A truck knocked down a medium-voltage electric pole along National Highway 20 in Tan Phu District, southern Dong Nai Province, causing a mass outage to thousands of local households on Sunday night.

-- Lightning struck Duong Phuc Commune in Thai Thuy District of northern Thai Binh Province, killing 59-year-old Bui Van Nen while he was traveling on a motorbike on Sunday afternoon.

-- Two tourists from Vietnam -- a woman and her daughter -- drowned while swimming in the sea off Naithon beach in Phuket Island, Thailand on Sunday morning, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand.

-- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will help build an additional 100 flood-resistant houses for poor households in the north-central coastal province of Thanh Hoa in the coming time, the Vietnam News Agency quoted Kanni Wignaraja, UN Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, as saying.

Lifestyle

-- The Savory Fund selected Houston Vietnamese restaurant Saigon Hustle in Houston, Texas as the winner of its Million Dollar Restaurant Launch competition with a US$1 million venture capital investment, according to lifestyle news site CultureMap.

-- Hundreds of people spectated a culinary contest held in south-central Phu Yen Province on Sunday afternoon, during which 75 chefs from 25 provinces and cities across Vietnam made 100 dishes from lobster.

-- More than 5,000 people joined a charity walk in support of agent orange (AO)/dioxin victims at Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

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