Representatives from Vietnam's northern Ha Giang province on August 24 received medical supplies donated by the Chinese Association of Wenshan prefecture, China's Yunnan province.

Jeon Jin Pyo, deputy mayor of Chuncheon city, the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Gangwon province, on August 24 presented 5,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits for Vietnamese Ambassador to the RoK Nguyen Vu Tung in aid of Da Lat city, Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day 2021, themed Empowering Innovations, will be held virtually on August 27 and 28 with a goal to promote AI research, development and application, helping to solve challenging problems in socio-economic development.

The Ministry of National Defence on August 24 presented a 3D holographic-display system introducing the life and career of late General Vo Nguyen Giap to the central province of Quang Binh - the General’s birthplace, on the occasion of his 110th birth anniversary (August 25).

Pension and social insurance allowances and monthly subsidy will increase by 11% from January 1, 2022 under a proposal the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has submitted to the government.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed an additional 10,811 coronavirus infections during the past 24 hours, with more than two thirds recorded in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong, the country’s two largest coronavirus hotspots.

VOV.VN - The Air Defence- Air Force Service under the Ministry of Defense established two mobile oxygen production stations on August 24 at Military Hospital 175 to promptly meet the demand for oxygen in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has devised plans aimed at transporting personnel and medical equipment to coronavirus hotspots of Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Long An provinces in the south.

VOV.VN - Approximately one million doses of the Chinese-produced Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine have been given to local people in Ho Chi Minh City, with all recipients in stable health condition, according to the HCM City Center for Disease Control (HCDC).

Tran Ngoc Phuc, creator of multi-purpose Eliciae MV20 ventilator which had been presented to Vietnam in April last year, has invented an antiviral face mask.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Mongolia recently held a ceremony to receive donations to the COVID-19 prevention and control fund.

The Youth Social Work Centre under the Vietnam Youth Federation on August 23 launched a call centre supporting COVID-19 prevention and control (1900 638 090) with multi-functions: Community emergency, Home hospital, Patient treatment medicine bag, Oxygen ATM, Relief food and Free burial.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi has seen many people hitting the road these days, irgnoring the city's decision to implement stricter measures against till September 6.

VOV.VN - Police forces in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, have been deployed to help transfer homeless people to social welfare centres in an effort to protect them from virus infections.

VOV.VN - Ride-hailing firm Grab Vietnam has launched a Medical GrabCar team to transport medical staff around Hanoi free of charge.

VOV.VN - Coronavirus cases in Ho Chi Minh City are likely to increase in the coming days as it is conducting extensive COVID-19 testing for all residents during the latest social distancing period, according to the city’s Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 23 issued an official dispatch on strengthening COVID-19 prevention and control measures nationwide.

Adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic growth of Vietnam’s key cities, such as Hanoi and HCMC, has been slower, the exodus of migrant workers leaving HCMC may make the path of recovery planned by enterprises more bumpy.

Entrusted by the Government, the army is determined to use all means and forces, within and even beyond its ability, together with HCM City, the southern provinces of Binh Duong, Long An and Dong Nai and other COVID-19-hit localities, to wipe out the pandemic and bring people’s life to normal.

The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) on August 23 put into operation two innovation labs equipped with the most modern 4.0 technology in Southeast Asia, based in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - As many as 72 patients and their caregivers at the Hemodialysis Unit of Dong Thap province’s Civil Military Hospital in the Mekong Delta have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

District offices in Bangkok are developing and upgrading their transparency performance in providing services to the general public through the use of the Integrity and Transparency Assessment (ITA) mechanism.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai underlined COVID-19 vaccines as a humanitarian necessity at the First Meeting of the International Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine Cooperation.

VOV.VN - A further 10,280 people were detected to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus over the past 24 hours to 6 p.m. on August 23, including 10,266 domestic infections and 14 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Representatives from 100 businesses and non-traditional education and training units signed a commitment to provide training for human resources in the digital revolution in Vietnam.

The Central Advisory Council on Amnesty (CACA) convened a meeting on August 23 to review the list of inmates nominated for amnesty on a case-by-case basis before it is submitted to President Nguyen Xuan Phuc for approval.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has decided to tighten its current restrictions as a means of curbing the recent spike in daily COVID-19 infections, with local residents required to "stay where they are".

VOV.VN - Polish Ambassador to Vietnam Wojciech Gerwel handed over 501,600 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the Ministry of Health on the morning of August 23.

Border guards in the central province of Quang Tri have busted a trans-border drug trafficking ring from Laos to Vietnam, seizing 46kg of crystal meth, the provincial Border Guard Command announced on August 23.

The Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS) on August 22 held a webinar marking the 76th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day of Vietnam (September 2).