VOV.VN - As many as 8,468 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged from hospital in Ho Chi Minh City since the resurgence of the virus in late April, according to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC)

VOV.VN - Roughly 100 COVID-19 patients in critical condition and 300 severely-ill patients are currently receiving treatment at a COVID-19 rehabilitation hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Health has decided to allocate 63 specialised trucks for COVID-19 vaccine transport, produced by Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO), to seven military regions across the country under the management of the Ministry of National Defence.

VOV.VN - Based in Hanoi capital’s crowded Old Quarter, Dong Xuan market, the largest wholesale market in northern Vietnam, has fallen quiet over recent days after more than 2,000 non-essential business outlets were forced to shut down amid the capital’s ongoing COVID-19 fight.

More than 2,000 medical devices and supplies have been transported to a field storage serving COVID-19 prevention and control activities in Ho Chi Minh City - the country's current largest pandemic hotspot, and other southern localities.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of Ho Chi Minh City said on July 22 that it had sent an official dispatch to authorized agencies, proposing the use of its religious establishments as temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals and quarantine facilities for Buddhist monks and nuns.

VOV.VN - As Vietnam’s largest COVID-19 hotspot, Ho Chi Minh City has introduced more restrictive measures in an effort to curb the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus due to continued transmission throughout the locality.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN Committee in Canberra (ACC) will continue striving to fulfil its role of serving as a bridge between ASEAN and Australia in order to raise the strategic partnership to new heights.

The Ho Chi Minh City High Command will disinfect the entire city, especially areas with complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the next seven days.

The border guard force of the northern province of Lao Cai joined talks with the border control force of Honghe county in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan on July 22 to review their collaboration since 2019, and discuss measures to strengthen border control in the coming time.