The two-day festival is the last event of the eight Hành trình đỏ (Red Journey), a communication and blood donation and campaign that took place in 42 provinces and cities across the country over the past 58 days.
Areas in the Buôn Ma Thuột City in the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk were placed under lockdown Monday after two people from the same family tested positive for COVID-19.
A schoolgirl inspired by Mother Teresa has formed a charity group to help unfortunate children.
A doctor from Đà Nẵng C Hospital, Đặng Văn Trí, was working in the lockdown zone in Đà Nẵng City as the COVID-19 pandemic spread in the community. Three hospitals in the city have been locked down as hotspots of COVID-19, and doctors, medical workers and nurses had to stay to care for patients. Trí shared his night diary in the lockdown zone, showing the strong spirit among colleagues and patients as well as the community in the fight against coronavirus.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc emphasised the spirit of resolutely zoning off pandemic-hit areas and implementing social distancing as well as taking measures to effectively control the COVID-19 pandemic.
Việt Nam confirmed another locally transmitted case of COVID-19 on Monday morning, a 60-year-old woman from Quảng Nam Province linked to the Đà Nẵng Hospital hotspot.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control confirmed the death on Sunday evening.
The total number of positive patients in Việt Nam now stands at 620, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Nearly 280 Vietnamese citizens from 24 European and African countries were brought home on Sunday, with their flight landing at Vân Đồn International Airport in the northern province of Quảng Ninh.
Two more people have died in Việt Nam of COVID-19 related complications.
