VOV.VN - The upcoming Miss Vietnam 2020 pageant has been forced to be delayed as a result of the complicated nature of developments relating to COVID-19 epidemic in the country, according to organisers of the event.

VOV.VN - As the country’s latest COVID-19 hotspot, Da Nang city is considering implementing a home quarantine on individuals in the event that the number of infections increases rapidly, said Huynh Duc Tho, head of the municipal administration.

VOV.VN - The health of 13 patients suffering from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has started to deteriorate, with 10 individuals being put on a ventilator, according to health authorities.

VOV.VN - A large number of mobile COVID-19 testing points have been rolled out in recent days across Da Nang in an effort to provide novel coronavirus (COVID-19) tests for local people in order to detect new cases in the community.

VOV.VN - All of the roads in Son Tra district in the central city of Da Nang were thoroughly cleaned and sterilised with disinfectant chemical on August 3 in an effort to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

VOV.VN - Of the 219 Vietnamese citizens returning to the nation from Equatorial Guinea on July 29, a total of 20 have been tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the strain that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

VOV.VN - No additional novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have been reported at Da Nang Hospital, one of the three medical facilities that have emerged as hotspots in Da Nang, following the thorough deployment of a range of cleaning and disinfection.

VOV.VN - Hanoi has managed to test 70,689 residents who recently returned from Da Nang coronavirus hotspot, with all the tests coming back negative, said Nguyen Khac Hien, director of the Hanoi Health Department.

VOV.VN - The opening seven months of the year saw leather and footwear exports only reach turnover of US$9.53 billion, therefore dropping out of the list of top ten export items exceeding US$10 billion which had been recorded last year.

VOV.VN - A 62-year-old female patient and a 65-year-old male patient, both in Da Nang hostspot died of serious underlying health conditions and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing Vietnam’s death toll to eight.