VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, is trying to minimize new infection cases and step up vaccinations in an effort to gradually bring the city to a ‘new normal’ status in one month’s time, according to a senior municipal Party official.

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.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese government has set a goal of keeping the fresh coronavirus outbreak nationwide in check in September, according to a resolution recently signed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - The Czech Government has decided to donate 2.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to countries in the Balkan region, Africa and Asia this year, including Vietnam,

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed an additional 3,898 locally acquired coronavirus cases in 21 cities and provinces across the country during the past 12 hours, with Ho Chi Minh City alone registering more than 3,300 cases.

VOV.VN - Vietnam should adapt and stay resilient to economic shocks, as opposed to neglecting them, according to economic experts speaking during a recent workshop on forecasts for the national economy in the second half of the year.

Ho Chi Minh City has been asked to work harder to impose restriction measures on the smallest possible scale so as not to prolong large-scale social distancing.