VOV.VN - The Hanoi administration has decided to abandon its concentrated quarantine requirements for people coming from countries where the Omicron variant is spreading.

VOV.VN - People wishing to enter Vietnam will be quarantined at home, a hotel, or other forms of accommodations for three days in the event that they have already been fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Foreign nationals wishing to enter the country will no longer be required to undergo a period of concentrated quarantine, providing that they have already received full doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and have a negative COVID-19 test.

VOV.VN - Hanoi authorities on September 1 evening moved approximately 1,200 residents from a densely populated residential area which is a coronavirus hotspot in the city, to a concentrated quarantine camp, in order to slow the spread of the virus.

VOV.VN - As many as 598 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 12 Vietnamese cities and provinces during the past 12 hours, including 520 cases in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Daily caseload of COVID-19 in Vietnam once again beat the 1,000 mark on July 7, reaching 1,007, after an additional 321 locally acquired and nine imported cases were detected in 14 cities and provinces during the past six hours.

VOV.VN - The north-eastern border province of Quang Ninh has been selected to receive foreigners, providing that they hold a vaccination certificate known as a vaccine passport.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that the Ministry of Health immediately transfer rapid antigen test kits to Ho Chi Minh City in order to boost extensive COVID-19 testing, while taking a fact-finding trip to the southern city on June 26.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is set to allow F1 cases involving individuals who came into first-hand contact with a OVID-19 patient to quarantine at home in an effort to ease pressure on concentrated isolation facilities, as well as frontline healthcare workers.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has proposed an eight-month exemption of health insurance premiums, until January next year, for labourers and firms victimised by COVID-19.