Here are today’s leading news stories:

Society

-- Authorities in central Da Nang City confirmed on Monday they had temporarily suspended the operation of Elm School private preschool to verify the suspicion of child abuse.

-- The flash flood that struck mountainous Ky Son District in north-central Nghe An Province on Sunday resulted in damage worth about VND100 billion (US$4.1 million), which is five times higher than the district’s annual budget revenue.

-- Police in northern Bac Kan Province are investigating a case where a six-year-old girl was sexually abused by two boys aged 13 and 15 who live in the same neighborhood.

-- Officers in north-central Thanh Hoa Province confirmed on Monday they had arrested a married couple hailing from Ho Chi Minh City on suspicion of possessing and using VND1 billion ($41,800) worth of fake banknotes.

-- Rains are expected to decrease in intensity in northern Vietnam on Tuesday, while downpours are forecast for central and southern localities on Tuesday evening, the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting reported.

Health

-- The first monkeypox case of Vietnam is a 35-year-old woman who had contracted the disease overseas before returning to the Southeast Asian country, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Monday afternoon, adding that all of her contacts have tested negative so far.

-- The Ministry of Health documented 796 COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the national tally to 11,481,314, with 10,593,181 recoveries and 43,149 fatalities.

Business

-- Vietnam’s GDP grew 8.83 percent in the first nine months of this year, the highest increase in the 2011-22 period, the Vietnam News Agency quoted the General Statistics Office as saying.

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