Here are today’s leading news stories:

Society

-- Southern Vietnam will stay hot with low humidity on Tuesday, while northern provinces will see a drop in temperature due to the influence of a cold spell, the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting reported.

-- Vice-chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Duong Duc Tuan has signed a document on a plan to plant 500,000 new trees across the capital city during the 2021-25 period.

-- A total of 37 workers at a factory in northern Bac Ninh Province have been hospitalized for methanol poisoning after their company used alcohol to cool off the cutting machines during the production of electronic components.

-- The Hanoi People's Committee has asked the prime minister for permission to postpone the operation of the elevated section of the Nhon - Hanoi Station metro project to August 2023, instead of late 2022 as planned.

-- Three people were injured after being hit by a 1.5-meter-long steel bar that fell from a construction site at an intersection in Nha Trang City, located in south-central Khanh Hoa Province, on Monday.

-- A 40-year-old woman suffered serious eye injury after being attacked by a dog in northern Phu Tho Province, doctors at Phu Tho General Hospital confirmed on Monday.

-- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a decision to impose a disciplinary measure of warning on Mai Tien Dung, former Minister and Chairman of the Government Office for his violations and shortcomings in his work.

-- The memorial ceremony for 64 martyrs who sacrificed their lives to protect Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty in 1988 was organized at the Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site in south-central Khanh Hoa Province on Monday evening.

Business

-- Petrol prices increased up to VND490 per liter in the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Finance on Monday. The retail prices of RON 95-III and E5 RON 92 were raised to VND23,810 and VND22,800 per liter, respectively. ($1 = VND23,587).

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