VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is continuing to speed up its vaccination campaign, with 93,993 doses being administered to local people on August 13.

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.

VOV.VN - Thousands of expats residing in Ho Chi Minh City have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic in recent weeks, thereby helping to protect themselves and the wider community.

VOV.VN - Binh Duong province, a major coronavirus hotspot in southern Vietnam, is set to administer COVID-19 vaccines to more than 6,000 foreign experts as part of the next phase of the national rollout of the vaccine.

Vietnamese football player Quang Hai has been chosen by football’s global governing body FIFA to participate in its #ReachOut campaign.

VOV.VN - Green-lighted by the Vietnamese Government, the French Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on July 29 began vaccinating French nationals living in the southern city and regional localities at France-Vietnam Hospital.

VOV.VN - The capital launched a major vaccination campaign on July 27 to combat the spread of COVID-19, with the vaccine rollout being the biggest so far and using the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna vaccines.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,955 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on July 26 after making a full recovery from the disease, according to the HCM City Centre of Disease Control (HCDC).

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 - The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, began a week-long disinfection campaign on July 23 over an initial 3,000ha area and 1,000-km road as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.