HCM City, the current Covid-19 epicentre of Vietnam, will extend its strict social distancing measures for another month until September 15 given the risk of a resurgence, Phan Van Mai, vice secretary of the city's Party Committee, said on Sunday.

The 4,802 new Covid-19 cases announced this morning include 10 imported cases and 4,792 local infections detected in Hồ Chí Minh (2,128), Bình Dương (936), Long An (515), Đồng Nai (428), Tây Ninh (263), Tiền Giang (177), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (102), Vĩnh Long (63), Khánh Hòa (41), Phú Yên (33), Bình Thuận (27), Sơn La (19), Đồng Tháp (15), Kiên Giang (12), Bình Định (10), Quảng Ngãi (9), Hà Tĩnh (7), Hà Nội (3), Nghệ An (2), Nam Định (1), and Lạng Sơn (1). 

5,155 new infections announced on Monday morning, of which 15 were imported and 5,140 were recorded domestically in Ho Chi Minh City (2,349), Binh Duong (1,725), Long An (287), Dong Nai (183), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (177), Tay Ninh (157), Vinh Long (57), An Giang (37) ), Phu Yen (31), Can Tho (27), Kien Giang (19), Dong Thap (18), Thua Thien Hue (17), Hau Giang (15), Gia Lai (14), Dak Nong (14) , Hai Duong (5), Hanoi (4), Lao Cai (1), Son La (1), Bac Lieu (1), and Ca Mau (1). 

On Friday morning, 4,009 new domestic infections were announced in Ho Chi Minh City (2,563), Binh Duong (322), Long An (286), Tien Giang (253), Dong Nai (207), Da Nang (77), Vinh Long (63), Dong Thap (53), An Giang (47), Tra Vinh (34), Phu Yen (27), Binh Dinh (19), Kien Giang (17), Gia Lai (14), Ha Tinh (5), Dak Nong (4), Thanh Hoa ( 4), Lam Dong (4), Bac Lieu (2), Lao Cai (2), Quang Tri (2), Lang Son (2), Hai Duong (1), and Hanoi (1), including 823 cases in community.

Japan's Osaka Prefecture Police have detained a foreign man in his 20s for the killing of a 22-year-old Vietnamese citizen.