There were 285 new COVID-19 cases detected on Thursday, raising the total number of patients to have contracted the virus to 14,232.

COVID-19 update

The foreign ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said reducing Việt Nam's achievements in the containment of COVID-19 pandemic to mere luck is "entirely unobjective," in response to queries for reaction to an article by the New York Times published earlier this month about COVID-19 in Việt Nam.

Bắc Giang City, in the province hit hardest by the ongoing fourth wave of COVID-19, has ended social distancing from 6am on Thursday after more than a month of applying the measures.

Everyone entering commercial establishments, work sites and other public sites in HCM City are required to fill ‘Hệ thống khai báo y tế điện tử’ (electronic health declaration system) starting on Thursday (June 24).

The HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed that the Department of Planning and Investment spend VNĐ230 billion (US$9.97 million) to support freelance workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Up to 97 per cent of Vietnamese users identified Facebook as a top video platform while 74 per cent said they watch publisher videos because “I can watch videos on Facebook everywhere, every time”.

The health ministry’s Medical Services Administration (MSA) and the Embassy of Denmark in Việt Nam will continue a strategic collaboration on diabetes and other non-communicable diseases health education for period 2021-23.