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.

VOV.VN - The Government will make supplying Ho Chi Minh City with COVID-19 vaccines a priority amid a sharp increase in infection cases in the southern city, with moves to give it 25% of the total vaccine doses received, according to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - The Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control confirmed four more fatalities on the morning of July 12 relating to COVID-19 and underlying health conditions.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed that all resources are being mobilised in order to help Ho Chi Minh City combat the COVID-19 pandemic, with the southern metropolis asked to prepare for a possible infection scenario of up to 50,000.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand held a ceremony on July 11 to receive nearly THB1.5 million (US$46,100) donated by the Vietnamese community in the country to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - An additional 659 domestic and 3 imported cases were recorded over the past 12 hours to 6 a.m on July 12 morning, with Ho Chi Minh reporting the highest number of infections at 544, said the Health Ministry.

VOV.VN - Seven more COVID-19 patients have died in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on July 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded an additional 707 locally transmitted and six imported cases in 19 cities and provinces nationwide during the past six hours, thus raising its daily count to 1,953.

VOV.VN - Ten people returning to Hanoi from Ho Chi Minh City and one from Da Nang have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control on July 11.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s current biggest COVID-19 outbreak hotspot, is on the right track in pandemic prevention and control after two days of social distancing imposed in the entire city.

VOV.VN - Since the fourth wave of COVID-19 broke out in Vietnam in late April, hundreds of medical students from Ho Chi Minh City’s universities have enthusiastically supported frontliners in the pandemic fight.

Resolution No. 68/NQ-CP takes important steps towards expanding the coverage and effectiveness of Government relief packages in Vietnam by including new categories of workers to the beneficiaries of government support, and lowering the administrative burden imposed to beneficiaries.

Many non-residents in HCMC have been plunged into unimaginable hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Saigonese are willing to provide a shot in the arm for them to ride out the pandemic together.