VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has approved six COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in Vietnam, and all of them are safe and effective against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Minster of Public Security General To Lam on August 2 asked public security forces to continue their intensive and extensive cooperation with Laos across spheres, especially in the fight against drug crimes.

VOV.VN - Vingroup, a leading multi-sectoral conglomerate in Vietnam, has reached a deal with its partner to purchase 500,000 vials of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration, for COVID-19 treatment in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - An additional 4,254 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, raising its daily caseload to 7,455, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Souliya Kiewphilavong, Chief of Office of the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union Central Committee visited the Vietnamese student dormitory of the National University of Laos in Vientiane on August 2 to encourage and present the students with gifts worth 12 million kip (US$1,254).

VOV.VN - Vietnam received 1,188,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility on August 2, bringing the total number of COVAX-sponsored vaccine doses to the country to nearly 8.7 million.

VOV.VN - Several food supply checkpoints have been erected in Chuong Duong ward in Hanoi capital’s Hoan Kiem district to provide local residents with daily necessities after the area was put into lockdown due to COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Between 47 and 50 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are set to be delivered to Vietnam during the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.

The Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company on August 1 deployed a Mi-172 helicopter carrying COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment and supplies from Vung Tau airport to Con Dao island district in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) is working to implement electricity price reduction for consumers to help ease the impact of COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Turkey Tran Quang Tuyen attended the 16th International Ecotourism Society (TIES) conference which recently took place in Tokat city of Turkey.

VOV.VN - Many Laotian and Cambodian students in Kien Giang province feel at ease when receiving care from both their teachers and Vietnamese friends to help them survive the COVID-19 challenge in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Police in the central province of Nghe An on August 1 caught red handed two suspects illegally transporting seven healthy tiger individuals.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter which highly commends frontline forces for their ongoing contributions, sacrifices, and efforts in the country’s attempts to fight the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - The Government has decided to allocate an additional VND5.1 trillion to purchase medical equipment, biological products, chemicals and medicines for COVID-19 prevention and control.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed an additional 3,201 coronavirus cases in 20 cities and provinces across the country during the past 12 hours, with Ho Chi Minh City alone registering close to 2,000 cases.

VOV.VN - Digital transformation of the banking and finance sector has made cyber security and information safety a major concern.

More than 365,000 labourers, business households and traders in traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City have benefited from COVID-19 support packages.

VOV.VN - A total of 4,246 new COVID-19 cases, including 21 imported infections were recorded on August 1 evening, sending the daily infection tally to 8,260, according to the Ministry of Health.

The General Department of Logistics under the Ministry of Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 1 to set off medical staff of the COVID-19 treatment hospital 5D to support Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province where the pandemic continues developing unpredictably.

Vietnamese telecommunications businesses have prevented more than 92,000 subscriptions from spreading spam calls, and more than 35 million fake calls in the first six months of the year, said the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Taking advantage of people's anxiety about health during the COVID-19 pandemic, criminals have committed new forms of fraud and profiteering through cyberspace.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently issued the Vietnamese Youth Development Strategy for the 2021-2030 period under Decision No.1331/QD-TTg.

The Military Command of Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam, in collaboration with the provincial Youth Union, on July 31 presented food to 100 Russian citizens in need residing in Nha Trang City.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) recently held a seminar regarding the digital address system, towards a goal of each family having one.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed 4,734 new COVID-19 cases, including two imported on August 1 morning, pushing up the national infection count since the start of the pandemic that hit the nation early last year to 150,060.

VOV.VN - One million doses of Vero Cell vaccine arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on July 31 as part of a deal to import five million doses of the vaccine from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm.

VOV.VN - The number of daily COVID-19 infections increased to 8,642 following the Ministry of Health reporting the detection of a further 4,564 new COVID-19 cases, including 4 imported infections, on the evening of July 31.

An experience exchange on treatment and management during the COVID-19 pandemic combined with the introduction of post-COVID-19 recovery model for patients with severe pneumonia was organised at Pletnev hospital, Moscow.

Vietnam is rated one of the 10 emerging markets in the global data centre market, with impressive growth, international standard service delivery capacity, and a large number of organisations and enterprises, research firm ResearchAndMarkets has said.