Two imported cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Thursday evening raising the total number of patients in Việt Nam to 1,124, said the Ministry of Health.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged HCM City to devise a long-term plan to turn the city into a smart city over the next five years and an international financial hub in Southeast Asia in the future.

HCM City is piloting a new rubbish collection system in its rivers and canals that it says is more efficient.

Thirteen bodies found near a landslide-hit hydropower plant in central Viet Nam are believed to be soldiers who had attempted to rescue workers trapped in the plant.

A large-scale online betting ring had been smashed by police in the central city after a five-month investigation, major general and director of the city’s Public Security Department Vũ Văn Viên said, adding that the total value of the betting ring was worth VNĐ10 trillion (US$435 million).