Authorities in central Ha Tinh Province need VND2.3 trillion (US$110 million) to prevent 117 leaking and otherwise rundown reservoirs from flooding in the rainy season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health's Viet Nam Food Administration has announced that 24 people have died from food poisoning nationwide so far this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven members of a family were poisoned after consuming green-spored parasol mushroom (Chlorophyllum molybdites) in the northern mountainous Dien Bien Province's Tan Thanh Ward last Friday.

 The United Nations on Tuesday announced a new initiative to help eliminate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the two neighboring nations that share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.