VOV.VN - The latest COVID-19 outbreak is anticipated to reach its peak in Ho Chi Minh City in the coming days before it begins to subside and is brought under control, according to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.

VOV.VN - Thousands have gathered at the Culture and Sports Centre for Workers in Lien Chieu district of centrally-run Da Nang city for COVID-19 testing, with social distancing neglected due to the sheer number of people present.

Experts of Vietnam and the Archaeological Survey of India team have been accelerating the implementation of a project to conserve and repair tower-temples of Group A at the My Son World Cultural Heritage Site in the central province of Quang Nam.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has decided to bestow the city’s badge to seven overseas Vietnamese in recognition of their considerable contributions to local development.

VOV.VN - As many as 200 medical workers are working at full capacity at field hospital No.6, the largest of its kind, in Binh Khanh resettlement zone in Ho Chi Minh City in order to treat more than 3,400 COVID-19 patients.

VOV.VN - AstraZeneca delivered more than 920,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine on July 15 morning to the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC), a local private firm that has been authorised by the Ministry of Health to import COVID-19 vaccines.

VOV.VN - The majority of bus stations in the capital city have been left deserted over recent days after local authorities temporarily suspended public transport to some pandemic-hit regions across the country from July 8.

A project is being implemented with the participation of Vietnamese scientists who are trying to use AI to discover COVID-19 infections through coughs.

VOV.VN - An additional 805 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 12 cities and provinces across Vietnam during the past 12 hours, raising the national tally of infections to 38,239.

VOV.VN - Australia will share 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with Vietnam by the end of 2021, said Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Minister for International Development and the Pacific Zed Seselja on July 14.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry reported the detection of a further 829 new active cases of COVID-19 on the afternoon of July 14, boosting the daily number of new infections to 2,934.

The military will help transport a total of about 112.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines around the country by 2022, according to Maj. Gen. Nguyen Xuan Kien, Director of the General Department of Logistics (GDL)’ military medicine division.

VOV.VN - Pfizer, a US multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, has pledged to provide Vietnam with 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-18 in the fourth quarter.

VOV.VN - Three local patients in Ho Chi Minh City have died after suffering from severe underlying health conditions and COVID-19, said the Sub-committee for Treatment under the National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 14.

VOV.VN - Cambodia has decided to temporarily suspend the entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens who are employees and experts of Vietnamese companies operating in the neighbouring country for a period of one month, starting from July 18.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed an additional 1,196 positive COVID-19 cases at midday on July 14, with Ho Chi Minh City, the current biggest coronavirus epicenter, leading the way in terms of infections with 971 new cases.

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Vietnam held an online seminar on July 13 to discuss measures to strengthen the role of the media in promoting safe and equal migration.

VOV.VN - The administration of Vung Tau City has moved to impose social distancing measures between July 14 and July 27 as a means of curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic among the local community.

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.