VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has assigned centrally-run hospitals to urgently establish three intensive care unit (ICU) centres in order to provide treatment to severely-ill COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The partial lockdown imposed by the municipal administration has made Hanoi’s streets fall quiet at night.

A Vietnam Innovation Network in the Republic of Korea (VINK) is slated to make its debut on July 31, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST).

Staff of the Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 of Vietnam engaging in the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and their peers from India’s Level-2 Field Hospital have held an online joint training course on medical capacity and COVID-19 prevention and control.

Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong (China) Pham Binh Dam on July 28 met with leaders of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to discuss ways to step up cooperation in education between Vietnam and the territory in education.

Two Vietnamese companies, namely the Northern Power Corporation of Vietnam (EVNNPC) and the Dau Tieng Rubber Corporation of Vietnam - have been presented ASEAN – Occupational Safety and Health Network (OSHNET) Awards.

VOV.VN - A further 659,900 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 29.

VOV.VN - Police in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa detained two Chinese citizens on July 28 for investigations into machinery smuggling in Vietnam.

Nguyen Tuan Anh, security expert of Viettel Cyber Security, surpassed more than 25,000 "white hat hackers" in the world to top the June 2021 rankings of Bugcrowd, the world's largest security vulnerability search platform.

Close to 1 million free meals worth VND15 billion (US$653,274) have so far been offered to disadvantaged people who are affected by COVID-19 across 28 provinces and cities nationwide since April.

The Vietnam Post has piloted the Post Smart automatic delivery cabinet model in 40 post offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from July as part of efforts to minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading.

VOV.VN - British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth War announced on July 28 the UK Government’s decision to donate 415,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, reaffirming the UK’s commitment to support Vietnam’s vaccination programme.

VOV.VN - The British government will donated 415,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, British Secretary Dominic Raab announced on July 28.

VOV.VN - The American Apparel & Footwear Association has called on the Biden administration to send more COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - As many as 2,821 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, while more than 5.3 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, reported the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health reported the detection of an additional 3,698 active COVID-19 infections, including one imported case, on the evening of July 28, thereby raising the daily infection count to 6,559.

The Vietnam National University – Hanoi (VNU) remains the No.1 in Vietnam in the second edition of the 2021 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities announced by the Cybermetrics Lab, a member of the Spanish National Research Lab, on July 27.

VOV.VN - A number of checkpoints have been erected throughout Hanoi capital as part of efforts to control the movement of local people who leave their homes for unnecessary reasons.

VOV.VN - As many as 4,353 COVID-19 patients were successfully discharged from hospital on July 28 in Ho Chi Minh City, whilst no new infection clusters have been detected in the area, according to details given by the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC).

Since joining UNESCO in July 1976, Vietnam has continued to play a greater role, and has been a very active member of the Executive Board of different committees, said Michael Croft, UNESCO Chief Representative in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The capital launched a major vaccination campaign on July 27 to combat the spread of COVID-19, with the vaccine rollout being the biggest so far and using the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna vaccines.

VOV.VN - Northern and north-central provinces are currently sweltering due to the impact of a severe heat wave, with temperatures in some places reaching 38 degrees Celsius, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Ho Chi Minh City will need about 127,000 - 147,000 workers from now to the end of this year, and the demand varies according to the COVID-19 situation, the city’s Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (FALMI) Centre said on July 27.

The investigation police agency under the Ministry of Public Security on July 27 decided to take legal action against Tran Van Nam, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province, for his wrongdoings.

VOV.VN - As many as 2,861 cases were diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including three imported ones, pushing the national tally to 117,121, said the Ministry of Health in its July 28 morning update.

Vietnam saw 7,137 traffic accidents taking place between December 15, 2020 and July 14, 2021, claiming 3,635 lives and injuring 4,984 people.

The Ministry of Transport on July 27 asked the Ministry of Public Security to launch an investigation into cyber attacks on the website for national registration of “green lane” status granted to vehicles transporting essential goods, saying attackers must receive stringent punishment.

Insurance, banking and securities are among the industries with the highest hiring needs in the third quarter of the year, according to job services provider Navigos Group.

A photo exhibition on six decades of the Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin disaster in Vietnam took place in the northern port city of Hai Phong on July 27.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia on July 27 received a cash donation worth MYR13,130, or about US$3,100, from the local Vietnamese women’s union to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund.