Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong on July 23 received 150,000 boxes of medicines worth VND62.6 billion from AstraZenaca to help treat patients with non-communicables diseases amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son received new Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén in Hanoi on July 23.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on July 23 issued a document on intensifying the handling of fake news and untrue information about COVID-19 on the internet.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has asked for more medical staff to support its COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on July 23 assigned relevant agencies to add the issue of COVID-19 prevention and control to the agenda of the first session of the 15th NA.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed an additional 3,397 locally transmitted and 12 imported COVID-19 cases in 30 cities and provinces nationwide during the past 12 hours, raising its daily caseload to 7,307, a record high figure.

Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien and his Canadian counterpart Jody Thomas co-chaired the first Vietnam – Canada online dialogue on defence policy on July 23.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 23 requested relevant ministries and agencies to remove obstacles to research and development of vaccines, including those against COVID-19, to support the national vaccine strategy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam would like France to assist it in accessing and transferring technology to produce COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment.

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.