VOV.VN - A total of 22 checkpoints have been set up across Hanoi capital as part of efforts to enforce health quarantine on individuals either leaving or entering the city and to minimise the risk of further COVID-19 outbreaks.

VOV.VN - Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha joined with Marco Lambertini, director general of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to discuss co-operation programmes on environmental and nature protection between both sides during online talks on July 13.

VOV.VN - 15 days after implementing the Prime Minister’s Directive No.16, Ho Chi Minh City will consider three scenarios relating to the current pandemic situation, which depends on how effective anti-pandemic measures have been.

Nearly 300 photos, documents and items on the Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) disaster in Vietnam over the past 60 years are being displayed at an exhibition that opened at the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi on July 13.

More than 1,000 employees of foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Hanoi, including over 100 foreigners, received COVID-19 vaccine shots on July 13.

VOV.VN - A further 905 domestic and 4 imported cases were recorded over the past 12 hours to 6 a.m on July 14 morning, with Ho Chi Minh reporting the highest number of infections at 666, said the Health Ministry.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has approved Ho Chi Minh City’s proposal to isolate asymptomatic F0 cases at home on a trial basis amidst a surge in the number of coronavirus infections in Vietnam’s largest and most populous city.

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting under the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration and HydroScan Company of Belgium signed a cooperation agreement on the transfer of real-time flood forecast technology for Hanoi’s inner areas.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health announced two more COVID-19 related deaths in Vietnam on July 13 evening.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on July 13 held a virtual signing ceremony of memoranda of understanding (MoU) with Uzbekistan’s partners.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh visited and presented gifts to Cham ethnic people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 8 on July 13.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) on July 13 organised the Local Development Dialogue 2021 – the first one held online in Hanoi and 58 other localities.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded an additional 849 locally transmitted and three imported cases in 14 cities and provinces nationwide during the past six hours, thus raising its daily count to 2,301.

VOV.VN - Many of 12 Mekong Delta cities and provinces have begun to apply social distancing measures starting from July 12 as part of efforts to curb the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - A container ship carrying an additional two Japanese trains for Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No.1 docked at the city’s Khanh Hoi port on July 13.

VOV.VN - A number of localities from across the country have dispatched numerous doctors and nurses as part of efforts to assist Ho Chi Minh City, the nation’s current COVID-19 epicentre, in its ongoing fight against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed on July 13 that five people have died of COVID-19 and underlying health conditions, thereby raising the country’s death toll since the start of the pandemic early last year to 130.

Average temperatures across Vietnam in the coming weeks are expected to be up to one degree higher than those of the same period in previous years, according to the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre (NHFC).

Vietnam recorded 2,915 cyber attacks in the first six months of 2021, an increase of 898 compared with the same period last year.

Police forces nationwide are stepping up efforts to combat hi-tech crimes which have become more popular and more sophisticated.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of reporters had samples taken as part of testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on July 12 in Hanoi before undertaking their task at the upcoming session of the newly elected National Assembly.

Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO) donated 63 specialised trucks each for transporting COVID-19 vaccines and carrying out mobile vaccination and taking samples at a recent ceremony to launch the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - A number of Hanoians continue to ignore COVID-19 prevention and control regulations despite facing a sharp rise in new locally-infected cases.

VOV.VN - Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu announced that the Japanese Government has decided to donate an additional one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Eighteen healthcare workers in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during 24 hours, according to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC).

VOV.VN - The Government has approved the Ministry of Health’s proposal to purchase 40 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - As many as 466 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in seven Vietnamese cities and provinces during the past 12 hours, including 365 cases in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - An additional 609 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the past six hours to 6 pm July 12, thereby raising the daily infection count to more than 2,383, according to a report released by the Health Ministry as part of its evening update.

VOV.VN - A further 1,112 fresh active COVID-19 cases, including 1,105 domestic and seven imported cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health during a midday update on July 12, with Ho Chi Minh City remaining as the epicentre of the latest outbreak after reporting 889 new cases.

VOV.VN - Local authorities and a large number of benefactors in Can Tho City have been carrying out a range of charity activities in recent days in an effort to support poor people during the nation’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.