VOV.VN - The United States has decided to provide Vietnam with US$4.5 million worth of assistance to support the country’s vaccination and enhance capacity building in COVID-19 prevention.

VOV.VN - The number of daily COVID-19 infections increased to 8,642 following the Ministry of Health reporting the detection of a further 4,564 new COVID-19 cases, including 4 imported infections, on the evening of July 31.

VOV.VN - A further 4,992 fresh positive cases of COVID-19, including five imported ones, were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on July 30 morning, bringing the national tally to 133,405.

Staff of the Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 of Vietnam engaging in the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and their peers from India’s Level-2 Field Hospital have held an online joint training course on medical capacity and COVID-19 prevention and control.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the United States will increase bilateral defence cooperation, with priority to be given to addressing wartime legacy, improving law enforcement capacity at sea, and combating COVID-19.

Vietnam always treasures its traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, considering it one of the top priorities in Vietnam’s foreign policy.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the UK Government continue its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Vietnam, and early transfer the vaccine production technology to the nation during a reception for the visiting UK Secretary of State for Defence, Robert Ben Lobban Wallace, in Hanoi on July 22.

The permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on July 21 sent an official dispatch on strengthening COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

VOV.VN - The Government has decided to form its special working group on COVID-19 prevention and control based in Ho Chi Minh City which is the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam at present.

Many wet markets in Ho Chi Minh City will be reopened, while ensuring all COVID-19 preventive measures in place, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Nguyen Phuong.