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More than 13,000 volunteers are expected to join the third phase human trial of COVID-19 vaccine Nano Covax – the most promising Vietnamese-made vaccine to date.

Long An Province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed building a freshwater reservoir project in Thạnh Hoá District to ensure water supply in the dry season.

The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) is collecting opinions from ministries and agencies to complete a draft resolution on policies to support labourers and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In scorching temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius, police officers on duty at COVID-19 checkpoints in Vinh City, central Nghệ An Province, have been working around the clock.

The Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Thursday issued a directive on inter-sectoral coordination between ministries, sectors and the People’s Committees of 28 coastal localities in exchanging and handling information so as to prevent and put an end to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in foreign waters.

The provinces of Bắc Giang, Bắc Kạn, Đắk Nông, Ninh Bình, Hà Giang, Hòa Bình, Bình Phước, Kon Tum, Hà Tĩnh, Trà Vinh and Ninh Thuận all saw their proposals shot down.

There were 15 new COVID-19 cases announced on Saturday morning, but the Ministry of Health also added a further 563 cases to their total, all detected in HCM City on Friday.

A total of 305 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed on Friday, raising Việt Nam's total since the start of the pandemic to 14,537, said the Ministry of Health.

People in Hà Nội will be allowed to exercise outdoors and golf courses are to reopen starting Saturday, as the COVID-19 outbreak is under control and no infections have been reported in the community in recent days.

In HCM City, 404,700 people got immunised in the fourth phase of its COVID vaccination drive which began on June 19, according to its Department of Health.

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Lifestart Foundation has presented three new electric bicycles to disadvantaged pupils at Lê Thánh Tông High school for gifted students and Dũng Sỹ Điện Ngọc Secondary school in Quảng Nam Province.

Two more people have died of COVID-19 complications, taking the death toll in Việt Nam since the beginning of the pandemic to 74.

Việt Nam must be able to produce COVID-19 vaccines no later than June 2022, according to Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính.

Japanese foreign minister Motegi Toshimitsu has  announced that Japan would donate another one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to Việt Nam.

The HCM City People’s Committee has unveiled a plan to strengthen the management, recycling, reuse, processing, and reduction of plastic waste in the city.