VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City plans to continue enforcing social distancing orders under Directive 16 after September 15 in response to the sustained threat of COVID-19, according to Duong Anh Duc, vice chairman of the muncipal People's Committee.

VOV.VN - Torrential rain triggered by the impact of typhoon Conson left many places throughout the central region flooded, thereby making it difficult for vehicles to travel.

VOV.VN - A sudden blaze at 19:00 p.m. on the evening of September 12 ripped through a scrap paper factory in Dai Ban commune of An Duong district in the northern province of Hai Phong.

VOV.VN - The People’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue province has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding co-operation in smart city development with the Korea Land & Housing Corp.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 12 launched a programme to provide computers and telecommunications services for students and pupils with difficult circumstances, especially those living in areas hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Central coastal provinces from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai will continue to see heavy downpours on September 13-14 with total rainfall of between 100 mm and 200 mm, even 250 mm in some places due to the impact of typhoon Conson which weakened into a tropical depression on September 12.

VOV.VN - The north-eastern border province of Quang Ninh on September 12 welcomed 345 passengers with a vaccine passport on board two Vietnam Airlines planes departing from the United States.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 11,478 coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, down by nearly 500 and 1,843 cases respectively compared to the previous two days, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 06.00pm coronavirus update on September 12.

Marathon - a Vietnamese online tutoring platform - has just raised US$1.5 million in investment for a pre-seed round.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, is likely to miss the September 15 deadline and need more time to bring its prolonged COVID-19 outbreak under control, according to a top official of the city.

VOV.VN - Storm Conson was downgraded on September 12 morning before making landfall and ravaging central coastal provinces hours later.

VOV.VN - T&T PHARMA, a Vietnamese pharmaceutical joint stock company, has inked a contract to purchase 50 million doses of HIPRA, a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Spain’s HYPRA Human Health S.L.U.

China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region donated medical supplies worth CNY62.55 million (roughly US$9.7 million) to aid Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight in a ceremony held in Nanning on September 11.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has approved a plan for Vietnam to proactively prepare for and take part in the building of a global agreement on ocean plastic pollution.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 11,932 coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, down by nearly 1,400 cases compared to the previous day, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 06.00pm coronavirus update on September 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s central coastal provinces have developed plans to evacuate a total of 331,392 residents from flood-prone areas before typhoon Conson makes landfall on September 12.

VOV.VN - The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has decreased significantly in recent days, signaling the COVID-19 treatment regimen is proving effective, according to health experts.

VOV.VN - Russia’s Saint-Petersburg and the “Polisan” Science & Technology Company based in the city have presented a batch of Cytoflavin, an anti-viral drug against COVID-19, to the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence to help it combat the virus.

VOV.VN - Thanh Nhan Hospital in Hanoi is now offering COVID-19 vaccines to more than 1,000 pregnant women from their 13th week of pregnancy.

VOV.VN - More than 103 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be delivered to Vietnam in the remaining months of the year, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on September 10 received 30,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine transferred by Papua New Guinea to help the Southeast Asian nation combat COVID-19.

Dr Kidong Park, Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam, has highlighted the Vietnamese Government’s measures and efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - A military transport plane carrying eight tonnes of medical equipment donated by the Polish Government arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on September 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 13,321 more coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, raising its cumulative tally of infections to nearly 590,000, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 06.00pm coronavirus update on September 10.

The National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has signed a resolution of the NA Standing Committee stipulating principles, criteria, and norms for the allocation of regular State expenditure estimates for 2022.

VOV.VN - Residents in central Vietnam are quickly bracing themselves for the damaging impact of impending typhoon Conson that is forecast to hit the central region early next week at the height of the COVID-19 fight.

Military Hospital 175 in HCM City and Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) on September 10 launched a multi-channel switchboard 19001175 to serve officers, soldiers, people in HCM City and other localities in providing support for COVID-19 patients and information in other areas.

A talk on Vietnam’s innovation and start-ups took place in Switzerland on September 9 to exchange views on innovation and digital transformation in Vietnam, and on how to start a business in blockchain technology, health care, community service and startup ecosystem in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 (VABIOTECH) has announced that it will soon import the semi-finished Sputnik V vaccine for vial packaging in Vietnam in the near future.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on September 10 inspected COVID-19 vaccination in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh and Long Bien districts, during which he stressed the need to ensure progress and safety of the inoculation at the same time.