VOV.VN - A total 2,708 more people were detected to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2-virus on July 26 morning, bringing the national infection count since the start of the pandemic early last year to 101,173, according to the Health Ministry.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi-run Lung Hospital has been cordoned off for chemical disinfection and extensive testing after 14 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Germany has pledged to provide EUR50 million (US$58.8 million) in official development assistance (ODA) loans and another EUR63.559 million in non-refundable ODA for 14 technical assistance and investment projects in Vietnam this year.

VOV.VN - National Assembly deputies on July 25 expressed their concern about unpredictable developments of the fresh COVID-19 outbreak and proposed the legislature the Government and the Prime Minister to decide on unprecedented measures against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed an additional 3,552 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in 31 cities and provinces nationwide during the past 12 hours, raising its cumulative tally of infections to 98,465.

VOV.VN - Kid painter Pho Van Anh, alias Xeo Chu, has decided to donate nearly VND3 billion raised from selling his artworks through an online auction to the ongoing fight against COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Policies are needed to support local e-commerce platforms and counter the might of cashed-up international e-commerce giants entering the Vietnamese e-commerce market, said Chairman of Nextech, Nguyen Hoa Binh, who owned chodientu.vn.

Social distancing measures being enforced during the current pandemic has significantly changed the way people interact, and thus created an unprecedented crisis for the hospitality sector across the globe.

The US’s Vector Fabrication Inc has been scouting locations in central Vietnam for a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) factory with an estimated investment of US$60 million, according to the Head of the Da Nang Hi-tech Park and Industrial Zones Authority (Da Nang HPIZA), Pham Truong Son.

VOV.VN - In a report submitted to the National Assembly on July 24, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long admitted that Vietnam’s vaccine rollout is slow and the national vaccination rate remains low at 5%.