VOV.VN -The Swiss Government will provide aid comprised of 13 tonnes of medical supplies to the nation, with the donation to arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on August 13, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland.

VOV.VN - More than 60 volunteers are poised to be given the first jab of the locally-produced COVIVAC vaccine on August 18 following it entering the second phase of clinical trials.

VOV.VN - The Hungarian Government has decided to donate 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 100,000 rapid antibody test kits to the Vietnamese Government to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The national strategy on gender equality helped to narrow gender gap in different fields during the 2011-2020 period, contributing to the country’s socio-economic development, heard a meeting on August 12.

Vietnam has the second largest number of students in Japan, according to the latest statistics from the Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO).

VOV.VN - An additional 5,025 coronavirus cases have been detected in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, raising the country’s daily count to 9,667, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) on August 12 evening.

Naomi Karahara, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam, has highlighted young people as the key force to achieve the country’s agenda for sustainable development.

VOV.VN - French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled that France is poised to share a total of 670,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses with Vietnam through the COVAX Facility.

The Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs' Association (VYEA) on August 11-12 handed over 20 ventilators, 7,000 COVID-19 quick test kits and other goods worth over US$ 87,800 to authorities of Long An, Dong Nai, Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan, and Ben Tre provinces, and Da Nang and Can Tho cities.

The United Nations in Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee co-organised a ceremony to mark the International Youth Day 2021 in both in-person and virtual forms in Hanoi on August 12.

VOV.VN - Overcoming fears, the first pregnant women in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, have been vaccinated against COVID-19 after the Ministry of Health encouraged this group to get the jab.

Conglomerate Vingroup recently posted a video on the trial run of its level 4 self-driving electric cars on Hon Tre island, Nha Trang city, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, which is developed by the Vingroup Big Data Institute (VinBigdata).

A conference to promote cooperation in information and technology between Vietnam and Australia took place virtually from August 10-12, attracting the participation of IT firms from both countries.

VOV.VN - Experts believe that Ho Chi Minh City’s goal of containing the latest COVID-19 outbreak by September 15 is feasible, only if social distancing measures are strictly implemented alongside virus localisation, extensive testing, and vaccinations.

VOV.VN - Japan’s Osaka police have handed over the body of a Vietnamese man to Hoa Lac Pagoda in Kobe city of Hyogo Prefecture after he was been beaten to death and kicked into a river.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Transport has requested that localities facilitate conditions in which people who have tickets for international flights can access airports on time.

VOV.VN - Three construction workers have been killed and one left severely injured after a landslide triggered by torrential rains hit Ha Long city of the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC)’s Central Committee has launched a campaign to assist disadvantaged people who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and frontline forces in the fight against the COVID-19.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) said it has sent its micro satellite NanoDragon to Japan for its launch into orbit.

VOV.VN - Nearly 218,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are expected to be delivered to Vietnam in a couple of days, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - As many as 4,642 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 24 cities and provinces across Vietnam, mostly in the south, during the past 12 hours, reported the Ministry of Health (MoH) on August 12 morning.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has signed Resolution No.24/2021/QH15 approving in principle investment in the National Target Programme on sustainable poverty reduction for the 2021-2025 period.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed the detection of 3,964 more new COVID-19 infections, including four imported cases, on the evening of August 11, with the daily total reaching 8,766.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City’s People Committee has sent an urgent document detailing its plans to purchase five million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Zuellig Pharma, the Moderna distribution partner in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A large number of people left the COVID-19 hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City through coach stations on August 10 following a long period of being stuck due to lockdown measures.

The Ministry of Health’s Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund and the Global Public Health Organisation (Vital Strategies) launched a communication campaign to promote the enforcement of the ban on smoking in indoor public places on August 10.

The Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh announced on August 10 it has received a rare white-cheeked gibbon from local forest rangers.

VOV.VN - The 36th Contracting Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base in the US territory of Guam are poised to send a total of 77 ultra-low temperature freezers at a total value of US$691,000 to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen has written an article on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Vietnam AO/Dioxin disaster day (August 10). The following is the full text of the article.

VOV.VN - A total of 4,802 new active COVID-19 cases, including 10 imported infections were recorded across 21 Vietnamese localities over the past 12 hours to August 11 morning, according to the Ministry of Health.