VOV.VN - A field hospital located in Hanoi which aims to offer treatment to COVID-19 patients in critical condition began construction on July 30, with the site providing between 500 and 700 beds set to be put into operation from late August.

VOV.VN - Crowds of vehicles and people could be seen at several checkpoints on several streets in Hanoi on the morning of July 30, causing difficulties for on-duty officials trying to control the movements of people amid the country’s COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City have tightened their control over locations which are free of COVID-19 cases as infection numbers continue to increase daily across the southern city.

VOV.VN - The capital didn’t see any traffic congestion at peak hours on July 29, despite the rainy conditions, amid social distancing measures for the COVID-19 fight being implemented in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - A large number of local people participated in a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaign on July 29 launched at the Tien Son Sports Arena in Da Nang.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Trade Union has come up with an idea of establishing mobile supermarkets on wheels to deliver daily necessities free of charge to local residents when Hanoi is implementing social distancing measures.

VOV.VN - The partial lockdown imposed by the municipal administration has made Hanoi’s streets fall quiet at night.

VOV.VN - A number of checkpoints have been erected throughout Hanoi capital as part of efforts to control the movement of local people who leave their homes for unnecessary reasons.

VOV.VN - The capital launched a major vaccination campaign on July 27 to combat the spread of COVID-19, with the vaccine rollout being the biggest so far and using the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna vaccines.

VOV.VN - A local administration of Hanoi capital has begun applying a market coupon policy to its residents in order to limit gatherings and contact amid an increase in COVID-19 infection cases in the community.

VOV.VN - Incense sticks and candles have been burned at martyrs’ cemeteries across Dien Bien Phu city of Dien Bien province, a former revolutionary base, in order to commemorate fallen soldiers on Vietnam War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).

VOV.VN - Hoi An ancient town, a place of interest in the central province of Quang Nam and the nation as well has swiftly moved to enforce social distancing measures, starting from July 26 following the detection of five new community cases of COVID-19.

VOV.VN - The capital has seen Hanoi Lung Hospital go into a state of lockdown from midday on July 26 following the detection of 29 positive COVID-19 cases.

VOV.VN - Soldiers from the Vietnamese army’s chemical division began to disinfect the capital on July 26 with the aim of curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Up to 1.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States and channeled through the COVAX Facility touched down at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on July 25.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam People’s Navy has sent two of its Gepard-class frigates to take part in a military parade in Russia to mark the founding anniversary of the Russian Navy.

VOV.VN - After applying social distancing measures in Hanoi as part of the fight against COVID-19, many places in the capital are left virtually deserted, while several streets and markets remain crowded.

VOV.VN - Overseas Vietnamese (OV) residing in Japan have sent numerous wishes to Vietnamese athletes through hand-written letters in an effort to encourage the competitors to clinch victory at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

VOV.VN - People living in Hanoi flocked to supermarket chains across the capital to purchase essential goods on July 23 evening amid rumours the municipal administration would impose a social distancing order to combat COVID-19 the following day.

VOV.VN - The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, began a week-long disinfection campaign on July 23 over an initial 3,000ha area and 1,000-km road as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - Roughly 100 COVID-19 patients in critical condition and 300 severely-ill patients are currently receiving treatment at a COVID-19 rehabilitation hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Based in Hanoi capital’s crowded Old Quarter, Dong Xuan market, the largest wholesale market in northern Vietnam, has fallen quiet over recent days after more than 2,000 non-essential business outlets were forced to shut down amid the capital’s ongoing COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - The administration of Quang Nam province have requested that locals return to the locality before midday on July 22 due to COVID-19 quarantine checkpoints being set up in order to tighten pandemic control measures, causing an exodus of people leaving Da Nang.

VOV.VN - Approximately 170 local people returning from Ho Chi Minh City, currently the nation’s largest COVID-19 hotspot, arrived at Da Nang International Airport on July 21.

VOV.VN - A large number of foreign nationals residing in Ho Chi Minh City have continued their daily life while complying with the southern city’s strict social distancing measures amid the ongoing struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of local people formed a long queue at the National Institute for Control of Vaccines and Biologicals in Hanoi on July 21 as they waited for COVID-19 tests.

VOV.VN - Long queues of traffic lasting for several hours formed at gateways to Hanoi due to the administration of the capital tightening pandemic control measures as part of efforts to deal with the growing number of local infections

VOV.VN - Local athletes took part in practice on July 20 in Japan as they prepare for their various competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics which is set to begin in three days, while maintaining COVID-19 prevention measures.

VOV.VN - A huge number of people in Hanoi have been heading to local wet markets, in contrast to quiet scenes found in supermarkets in the capital, on July 19 - the first day when tighter prevention measures against COVID-19 are in effect.

VOV.VN - The 43-member Vietnamese sporting delegation took their first steps on Japanese soil on July 19 ahead of the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics which is set to begin on July 23.