A murder has been reported at Quảng An Pagoda in southern Bình Thuận Province’s Tân Nghĩa Town, killing a monk and a volunteer and leaving another in critical condition, the provincial Investigation Police Department has said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the shutdown of unnecessary services, especially restaurants and karaoke bars, to minimise large gatherings as part of measures to prevent further spreading of COVID-19.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore has discussed with Singapore Airlines and Changi Airport Management Board on arranging flights to bring Vietnamese citizens home at an appropriate time, amid the worsening COVID-19 pandemic.

Ten hotels and resorts in HCM City’s coastal district of Cần Giờ are being used as paid quarantine facilities with 486 rooms for people required to be under quarantine, according to the municipal Department of Information and Communications.

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked District 1’s People’s Committee to consider opening a free parking space for bus riders' two-wheeled vehicles on Hàm Nghi Street, as one of several measures to increase use of public transport.

Việt Nam needed to strictly monitor people entering the country, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday while chairing a meeting of the Government’s Standing Committee to hear reports on the COVID-19 situation.

The south - central province of Bình Thuận has set up concentrated cultivation areas for key farm produce after six years of restructuring agricultural production.