Seventy-eight cases confirmed Saturday evening, including 65 community infections

Việt Nam reported a record number of new COVID-19 infections in a day since the country's fourth wave of COVID-19.

Lockdowns should be as narrow as possible: PM Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính ordered local authorities, depending on the practical situation, to apply lockdown or social distancing measures on the narrowest possible scale and avoid negative impacts on society.

Shares decline over worries on rising COVID cases

Vietnamese stocks struggled in volatile markets on Thursday with sentiment hit by increasing COVID-19 cases nationwide with VN-Index failing to maintain its uptrend.

56 new community cases and four imported The new local transmissions include four in Hà Nội and 16 at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on outskirts of the capital in Đông Anh District.

56 domestic cases among 60 new ones reported on Thursday evening

17 new infections in Hà Nội, Thái Bình, and Bắc Ninh connected to hospital cluster Seventeen people in Hà Nội City and the northern provinces of Thái Bình and Bắc Ninh, all related to the cluster of infections in National Hospital of Tropical Diseases' Kim Chung campus in Đông Anh District, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Thursday, according to local health departments.

500-bed temporary hospital set up in Hà Nam to treat COVID-19 patients The centrally-run hospital of Bạch Mai has constructed a 500-bed temporary hospital for COVID-19 treatment in northern Hà Nam Province.

'Nature - based' farming a winner in Delta

All of the delta’s 12 provinces and its major city, Cần Thơ, have been able to turn more unproductive rice fields into fruit tree and other crop growing areas, or for aquaculture.

HCM City focuses on developing infrastructure for e-commerce HCM City is focusing on developing its infrastructure system serving e-commerce amid the rising trend in online shopping, according to the city’s Department of Industry and Trade.

More farming products sold on e-commerce sites

The e-commerce sites of Vietnam Post and Viettel Post saw 33 more suppliers of agricultural products and regional specialities open new booths in the first 10 days of April.