Here are today’s leading news stories:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received President of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) Alok Kumar Sharma, who is also British Minister for the Cabinet Office, in Hanoi on Monday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

-- Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen welcomed on Monday a high-level delegation from Vientiane, Champasak and Savannakhet Provinces of Laos, as part of the activities marking the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Year 2022.

Health

-- The Ministry of Health documented 2,409 COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the national tally to 11,405,711, with 10,157,129 recoveries and 43,113 deaths.

-- Doctors at 175 Military Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City carried out a surgery and successfully removed a rare mucinous tumor from the heart of a 20-year-old patient.

Society

-- The fire prevention and fighting and rescue police unit in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday rescued nine people who were stuck in an elevator of a building in District 5.

-- A truck driver was saved after his vehicle crashed into the fencing of a bridge and plunged into a river in Hanoi at around 4:00 am on Tuesday. Police are working to determine the cause of the accident.

-- Police in north-central Quang Binh Province confirmed on Monday they had arrested a reporter for blackmailing a district vice-chairman in return for not publishing the latter’s wrongdoings.

-- A man died after failing to save his drowning nine-year-old daughter after the young girl tripped and fell into a river in central Quang Nam Province on Monday morning.

Business

-- Vietnam raked in nearly US$16.8 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) as of August 20, down 12.3 percent year-on-year, the Vietnam News Agency quoted the Ministry of Planning and Investment as saying.

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