Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed a decision on the free-of-charge provision of over 4,880 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to Hoa Binh, Ha Tinh and Soc Trang provinces to support needy people who have been affected by restriction measures to fight Covid-19.

Border guards, public security forces, and customs officers of the central Quang Tri province have seized 4,234 meth pills en route to Vietnam from Laos.