Here are today’s leading news stories:

Society

-- It will be mainly sunny during the day, while rain is expected to decrease in intensity across Vietnam on Sunday, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

-- Officers in north-central Thanh Hoa Province confirmed early on Sunday morning they had found the bodies of two people who drowned while having a swim at a local lake on Saturday.

-- A passenger recently missed his flight after screening officers at an airport in northern Hai Phong City discovered he was carrying a pack of white crystals suspected to be narcotics. Anti-drug police later examined and concluded that it was actually alum.

-- Police in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi have established a team of motorbike taxi drivers to offer free rides home to drunk passengers in a bid to reduce violations and accidents related to driving under the influence of alcohol.

-- Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to welcome more than 120,000 passengers a day during the upcoming holiday marking Vietnam’s National Day (September 2), according to the airdrome’s operation center.

-- Four earthquakes with magnitudes of 2.5 to 3.0 on the Richter scale were recorded in central Quang Nam Province and the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on Saturday, according to the Institute of Geophysics.

Health

-- The Ministry of Health documented 2,197 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the national tally to 11,401,597, with 10,140,204 recoveries and 43,111 deaths.

Lifestyle

-- Many children and young people have been flocking to ‘lantern streets’ in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City over the weekend to shop for lanterns and take photos as the Mid-Autumn Festival is around the corner.

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