A low-pressure tropical weather system is forming in the East Sea and is expected to become stronger after entering the Gulf of Tonkin this afternoon bringing heavy rains, strong winds and rough seas in the northern and north central regions, according to the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre.

 Hà Nội will apply stricter surveillance and management measures for arrivals from HCM City and other pandemic-affected regions from today.

The US Embassy in Việt Nam on Tuesday presented laboratory equipment for COVID-19 testing to the Ministry of National Defence to help the fight against coronavirus.

Some arrivals at Hà Nội's Nội Bài International Airport from HCM City will undergo COVID-19 screening tests due to the severity of the outbreak in the south, according to Hà Nội health authorities.

HCM City Police on Tuesday night sent officers to help staff in Chí Hòa Prison stamp out a riot among inmates days after the COVID-19 related death of a prisoner.

The first shipment of 97,110 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội on Wednesday morning.

The National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Wednesday morning announced the deaths of five more COVID-19 patients, four of them are not suffering from underlying health issues in HCM City.

The HCM City People's Committee has proposed doubling violation fines for illegal sand mining, transporting and trade.