The transport departments of HCM City and all provinces must work to ensure the smooth circulation of essential goods, while the ministries of Industry and Trade and Agriculture and Rural Development will maintain supply chains during social distancing regulations under Governemt Directive 16.

Việt Nam has received more than three million doses of the Moderna vaccine donated through the COVAX Facility by the US Government, UNICEF have announced.

The total number of COVID-19 infections recorded in Việt Nam, since the first case was recorded last year, was 90,939 today with the country reporting a further 7,968 new cases.

From Saturday morning, the first day Hà Nội applied stricter social distancing measures under Directive 16, the inspection force have co-ordinated with the city’s functional forces to deploy solutions to prevent congestion at the gateways to the capital, Trần Hưng Hà, Director of the No.1 Road Administration Department  (at the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam) said.

Hà Nội has developed plans to respond to a range of possible scenarios as the number of local COVID-19 infections increases, Deputy Secretary of the Hà Nội Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Phong has said.