The community cases include 18 in northern Hải Dương Province, eight in northern Quảng Ninh Province, one in Hà Nội and three in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

The installation and use of the Bluezone tracing application increased sharply, averaging 32,000 to 40,000 downloads per hour right after the discovery of new COVID-19 cases.

Fourteen people have been fined and ordered into quarantine after they were caught in a karaoke bar that should have been closed.

Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long has requested Hà Nội authorities to consider establishing a special hospital to treat COVID-19 patients, given the rapid spread of coronavirus in the community.

Property developer SonKim Land has collaborated with Quảng Nam newspaper to award 20 scholarships worth a total of VNĐ1 billion (US$43,574) to students whose families were badly affected by the recent floods in four districts in Quảng Nam Province: Đông Giang, Phước Sơn, Nam Trà My, and Bắc Trà My.

Public hospitals in HCM City saw revenues fall by 9.6 per cent last year to VNĐ28.7 trillion (US$1.2 billion) due to the impacts of COVID-19, according to the Department of Health.

Many residents here are frustrated with the lack important infrastructure features, such as roads, schools and meeting halls and local authorities are facing greater pressure to improve facilities.

Since Saturday night, 57 students, 12 teachers and 11 parents were identified as direct contacts and had to go into quarantine.