VOV.VN - The authorities of District 8 in Ho Chi Minh City have launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign which takes place at night, with the target of meeting the city’s aim of providing vaccines to 70% of residents aged 18 and over by the end of August.
Members of “Stay Strong Saigon” - a project of young Vietnamese people in the US in coordination with members of the “Vietnam - Unite for Vietnam” project launched a campaign to donate 20,000 N95 face masks to frontline forces in the COVID-19 fight in Ho Chi Minh City.
VOV.VN - A further 3,941 people were detected to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, down 326 from the previous morning, with Ho Chi Minh City hotspot recording the highest number at 2,349, said the Ministry of Health on August 5 morning.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chaired a meeting in Hanoi on August 4 with medical staff from centrally-run hospitals supporting southern cities and provinces in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
VOV.VN - For the first time in more than a month, Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has recorded a sharp drop in the number of newly detected coronavirus infections during the past 12 hours.
Despite struggling to cope with a COVID-19 resurgence, Ho Chi Minh City managed to achieve positive economic growth in the first seven months of the year, according to the city Statistics Office.
The police in Japan’s Osaka prefecture on August 3 confirmed the identity of a young Vietnamese man who was killed in the prefecture a day earlier.
VOV.VN - The nation’s daily infection tally rose to 8,377 following the detection of a further 4,851 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 37 imported infections, the Health Ministry said in its August 3 evening update.
More than 365,000 labourers, business households and traders in traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City have benefited from COVID-19 support packages.
VOV.VN - A total of 4,246 new COVID-19 cases, including 21 imported infections were recorded on August 1 evening, sending the daily infection tally to 8,260, according to the Ministry of Health.