VOV.VN - Vietnam has detected 3,635 locally acquired coronavirus cases and 11 imported cases in 50 cities and provinces across the country over the past 24 hours, an increase of 612 cases compared to the previous day, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update on October 20.

VOV.VN - As many as 2,093 children, including more than 1,500 in Ho Chi Minh City, have fallen victims to the latest COVID-19 outbreak after their parents died of the virus.

VOV.VN - Relevant agencies in Bac Ninh province, a former coronavirus hotspot in the north, have scrambled to cordon off residential areas in Que Vo district for contact tracing and testing after a cluster of COVID-19 infections were detected.

VOV.VN - Students in Thanh An island commune of Can Gio district were permitted to go to school on October 20, becoming the first in Ho Chi Minh City to return to the classroom after a long period of studying online due to the COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - A number of female healthcare workers are unable to forget some of the sensational stories from their time volunteering in the battle against COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City, the epicentre of the nation’s recent pandemic outbreak.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said the city plans to build one million units of affordable housing for low-income workers.

Feats and brave sacrifices of officers and soldiers serving Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea have become immortal, becoming a legend for the next generation to admire, respect, and be proud of, stressed President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

State Auditor General Tran Sy Thanh has affirmed that the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) has successfully fulfilled its role as Chair of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) for the 2018-2021 tenure.

VOV.VN - Nearly 2,000 people of armed forces and militia took part in an exercise on October 19 to cope with super typhoons and oil spills on Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh province.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on October 19 received a batch of 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 100,000 test kits donated by the Hungarian Government to help Vietnam combat COVID-19.

VOV.VN - A further 3,034 people were confirmed to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, thereby taking the national tally since the pandemic first hit the country back in early 2020 to 870,255, according to Ministry of Health in its October 19 update.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai will focus their co-operation in the fields of financial centres, smart cities, and innovation moving forward, said Duong Anh Duc, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

VOV.VN - Many labourers who originate from southwestern provinces have returned to Ho Chi Minh City in recent days as they head back to work following a hiatus caused by the southern city’s COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - Women require greater support to improve their capacity and to practically participate in and make effective contributions to digital transformation, heard a seminar held on October 18 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Northern localities are poised to face a new cold spell between October 21 and October 23, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Hanoi People’s Court is set to open a trial on November 4 for a 43-year-old woman charged with “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.

The Government is going to issue a resolution on some policies supporting women and children with difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Government’s Resolution No.128/NQ-CP promoting provisional regulations on safe, flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19 is a sound policy at present, said experts at a seminar held by the Government Portal on October 18.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has yet to inoculate its children aged 12 to 17 against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of the HCM City Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control at a press briefing on October 18.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked leaders of the Ministry of Health to provide latest information to the media on daily and weekly basis on COVID-19 prevention and control situation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has detected 3,159 new coronavirus cases and nine imported cases in 45 cities and provinces across the country over the past 24 hours, a fall of 16 cases compared to the previous day, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update on October 18.

VOV.VN - A group of hunters have been suspected of shooting dead five rare gray-shanked douc langurs in a forest in Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam, local authorities said on October 18.

VOV.VN - A cold spell resulting in temperatures dropping and drizzly conditions in Hanoi has prompted residents of the capital to don an extra layer of clothing as a way of keeping them warm from cold.

Children need to learn how to protect their personal and social well-being in cyberspace, Phan Thi Cam Giang, a lecturer at the Vietnam Women’s Academy's branch in Ho Chi Minh City, said at a recent online conference.

VOV.VN - A series of floods triggered by a prolonged period of heavy rain over the past few days have disrupted traffic, submerged houses and crops and killed locals in the central and Central Highlands regions of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Heavy rain and flood discharge from hydropower plants have flooded parts of the northern and central regions during the past few days, leaving three dead and four missing.

VOV.VN - A haul of 700 samples of Covivac, a Vietnamese produced COVID-19 vaccine, have been sent to Canada to have its effectiveness evaluated, according to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Dinh Thiem, director of the Center for Clinical Trials under the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is likely to face a considerable risk of another COVID-19 outbreak, although it may not be as large as the current one, according to Tran Dac Phu, former head of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Association in Hungary and the Hungary-Vietnam Friendship Association co-hosted an exchange programme on October 15-17 to honour Hungarians who joined the international delegation overseeing the implementation of the Paris Peace Agreement in Vietnam in the 1973-1975 period.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi administration has decided to lift a 14-day lockdown on Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital starting 00.00hrs on October 18 after its coronavirus outbreak was brought under control.