Eighteen new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported in Việt Nam on Wednesday evening, raising the country's total number of infections to 2,329.

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The HCM City Department of Health has told people who have returned to the city from other provinces and cities in the past 14 days to complete health declarations amid the unpredictable COVID-19 situation across the country.

Born in 1974, and residing in Việt Nam since 2014, the construction director lived alone in his apartment at Goldmark City apartment complex in Bắc Từ Liêm District.

Authorities in the northern province of Lai Châu's Tân Uyên District have fined two people VNĐ15 million (US$653) each for making inaccurate health declarations.

Five million people – mostly frontline workers – will be given the first shot, and when the next batch arrives, they will be given the booster shot.

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Forty locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday including 38 in Hải Dương, one in Quảng Ninh and one in Hà Nội.

Forty new community infections reported this evening, 38 in Hải Dương, one in Hà Nội and one in Quảng Ninh.