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).

VOV.VN - A batch of 300,000 Molnupiravir pills used to treat COVID-19 patients is projected to arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, the nation's current largest coronavirus hotspot, on August 23, according to newswire Zing News.

VOV.VN - Both military and public security forces have been mobilised to assist Ho Chi Minh City in its ongoing fight against COVID-19.

VOV.VN - A local research team working on developing Nano Covax, a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, have unveiled the promising outcomes of the mid-term phase 3a clinical trials.

A delegation of the Ia O border guard station in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai met their Cambodian counterparts on August 22 to discuss joint work to protect border areas and fight COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has detected an additional 11,214 coronavirus infections during the past 24 hours, raising its national cumulative tally of infections to nearly 350,000, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its coronavirus update on August 22 evening.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Japan’s Fukuoka raised JPY776,000 (US$7,066) for Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund at a virtual fundraising event held on August 21.

VOV.VN - The coronavirus outbreak in Binh Duong is hitting its peak as the numbers of new infections and recoveries are levelling off, according to Assoc. Prof. & Dr. Nguyen Lan Hieu, director of the Hanoi Medical University.

VOV.VN - Experts have been examining the source of COVID-19 infection at the centrally-run psychiatric hospital in Dong Nai’s Bien Hoa city after 62 patients there were infected with the virus.

VOV.VN - In an effort to establish ‘green’ zones (or safe zones), the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has accelerated a COVID-19 testing campaign to early detect and separate all F0 cases from the community.

Barriers erected all over the streets and goods transacted through barriers are unprecedented scenes in the Hanoi Old Quarter.

VOV.VN - A Malaysian Airlines plane carrying 50,000 vials of Remdesivir, a much-sought-after drug to treat COVID-19 globally, touched down at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City late August 21.

VOV.VN - The municipal administration of Da Nang city decided on August 21 to extend the central city’s lockdown period for an additional three days, banning people from going out in order to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - An additional 11,321 coronavirus cases have been recorded in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, a record high figure since the start of the outbreak in Vietnam.

Cambodia has lifted exit and entry restrictions on Vietnamese citizens who are employees and experts of Vietnamese firms in the country, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said on August 20.

In response to the call of the President, the Prime Minister, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, and the Ministry of Foreign Affair, the Vietnamese community in Russia has raised 10 million rubles (nearly US$150,000) to support the country’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

The Ministry of Health has issued new criteria in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in HCM City and other cities and provinces that are implementing social distancing rules according to Directive 16 of the Prime Minister, including Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has requested the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to appraise and approve the Hayat-Vax COVID-19 vaccine produced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for emergency use in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese ambassador to Poland Nguyen Hung on August 20 received more than 501,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine the Government of Poland has donated to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,000 doctors, lecturers and students of the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi will fly to Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of the country’s latest coronavirus outbreak, to help with the ongoing COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese children are among the most at-risk groups of climate change impacts, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said in its report released on August 20.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha on August 20 granted the "For the Cause of Natural Resources and Environment” insignia to outgoing United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Kamal Malhotra.

VOV.VN - For the second time since the resurgence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the 24-hour caseload has surpassed the 10,000 mark in Vietnam, hitting 10,657 as of 06.00pm on August 20, said the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its coronavirus update.

Three northern provinces - Lao Cai, Yen Bai and Ha Nam - on August 20 sent a total 100 medical workers to Dong Nai province to assist the southern locality in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Religious groups from across Vietnam have made a number of great contributions to the ongoing national fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi has decided to extend its ongoing social distancing order for another two weeks till September 6 to combat the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City expects India will help the Vietnamese metropolis access Made-in-India vaccines and drugs to treat COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health on August 20 received 200 high-flow ventilators donated by the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to support southern localities in treating COVID-19 patients.

The administration of Berlin city on August 19 presented 30,000 COVID-19 quick test kits to Vietnam to support the country’s fight against the pandemic.