The lungs of the British pilot, Việt Nam’s most critically ill COVID-19 patient, have been recovering well. The patient can breathe unaided and doesn’t need a lung transplant, Lương Ngọc Khuê, director of the Ministry of Health’s Medical Examination and Treatment Department has said.

Việt Nam needs to shift from the use of conventional pesticides to biopesticides to “better manage weed growth, maintain a high agricultural yield, avoid resistant species, protect soil biodiversity and erosion, and reduce green-house emissions,” according to experts.

A 47-year-old man in HCM City with end-stage heart failure received a heart transplant with the donor being a brain-dead road accident victim in Hà Nội, doctors at HCM City’s Chợ Rẫy Hospital said.

Hà Nội’s Construction Department plans to trim trees at high risk of falling to ensure safety during the coming rainy season, deputy director of the department Hoàng Cao Thắng has said.

One person has died and dozens of houses have damaged in two days of heavy rain and thunder in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang, provincial authorities have said.

More than 200 Vietnamese citizens have arrived home after being repatriated from Kuwait, Egypt and Qatar.

A female Vietnamese passenger has died after falling while disembarking from a flight at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport, HCM City, Vietnam Airlines said.

The Sài Gòn Railway Transport Joint Stock Company is offering a total of 4,600 tickets at a discount of 50 per cent between June 22 and July 8 to attract summer vacationers.