Record of 12,096 new COVID-19 cases detected on Wednesday
Việt Nam recorded 12,096 new COVID-19 infection cases and 335 COVID-related deaths on Wednesday.
12,096 new cases recorded on Wednesday
COVID-19 update
Soldiers go grocery shopping for HCM City residents
Soldiers in HCM City are going out to buy groceries for the people and deliver them to their doors as residents are not allowed to leave their homes.
Hùng Vương Hospital opens centre for healthy newborns of COVID-19 patients
Hùng Vương Hospital in HCM City on Wednesday (August 25) opened the H.O.P.E Centre at Họa Mi Kindergarten No. 2 in District 5 for healthy babies born to COVID patients.
Pfizer and Vietnamese health ministry enter agreement for additional 20 million vaccine doses
Pfizer & BioNTech just announced that they have entered into an agreement with the Vietnamese health ministry to provide an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.
Việt Nam urges priority in accessing COVID-19 vaccine in WHO's next allocation round
Việt Nam has so far received about 23 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility, other nations’ assistance, and under signed contracts.
Romania presents Việt Nam with 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Việt Nam has received 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Romanian Government on Wednesday.
Flight carrying repatriated citizens and medical supplies from US lands safely
A flight bringing 277 Vietnamese citizens home from the US landed safely at the Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội in the early hours of Wednesday.
Hà Nội students to have online academic year kick-off ceremonies
Students in Hà Nội will begin their academic year on September 5 with virtual opening ceremonies. And to halt the spread of COVID-19, all classes will take place online, according to the Hà Nội Education and Training Department.
Charity feeds medical workers and patients in Kiên Giang
Charity Tâm Lành (Good Heart) in Rạch Giá City, the southern province of Kiên Giang, is supporting medical staff, patients in difficult circumstances at hospitals, and soldiers on duty at COVID checkpoints in the city.
Sanitation workers volunteer to stay in lockdown areas to keep environment clean
Twenty sanitation workers from Hà Nội Urban Environment Company (URENCO) have volunteered to stay in two lockdown wards in Hà Nội to keep the areas clean.
Students make device to help combat COVID-19
A group of students and their teacher from Huỳnh Thúc Kháng Secondary School in Quảng Ngãi Province have successfully made an automatic body temperature measurement and hand-washing machine to help fight COVID-19.
Food supply ensured for HCM City, southern region during stay-at-home period
Food supply has been ensured for HCM City and the southern region during the social distancing period, according to a working group supporting the COVID-19 fight in the southern region.
Deputy Prime Minister hails HCM City for ensuring food distribution to public
Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành hopes HCM City can ensure smooth distribution of food to the public as it begins two weeks of strict COVID-19 restrictions.
Help and sharing in Bình Dương's COVID hotspots
Bình Dương Province, a hotspot for COVID-19 in the southern region, is struggling to fight the pandemic as the number of infections has rapidly risen in the province.
HCM City sets up special forces to support residents in high-risk zones
The HCM City Department of Home Affair has directed People's Committees of wards, communes and districts to set up special forces to support people in orange zones (high risk) and red zones (extremely high risk).
10,811 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Tuesday
Việt Nam saw 10,811 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, increasing the caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 369,267. Fourteen of the new infections were imported and the remaining 10,797 were all domestic transmissions.
10,811 new COVID-19 cases, 348 more deaths reported on Tuesday
Fees for COVID-19 vaccinations banned
Health departments, hospitals and universities nationwide that have been assigned to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to people in Việt Nam must not collect any charges for the vaccination, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday.
PM asks authorities to make sure ‘no one is short on food and clothes’
In an official dispatch addressed to leaders of cities and provinces issued on Tuesday, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said social security must be ensured as the country accelerates its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
