The Vietnam-Australia trade posted growth in 2021 despite the impact of COVID-19, Director of the Asia-Africa Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Le Hoang Oanh has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has requested the army to continue supporting Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic after September 30 when they begin loosening social distancing measures.

The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education on September 29 launched an information application, and a new form of three bulletins on activities of Party cells, and reporting information, and education and information work.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry announced a total of 8,758 new COVID-19 cases across 33 localities nationwide on September 29, an increase of 4,161 cases from the previous day, thereby raising the infection tally during the current fourth wave to 776,546.

Indonesian businesses and nationals have presented VND169 million and necessities worth more than VND120 million to Ho Chi Minh City, which is Vietnam’s current largest COVID-19 hotspot. ​

Passengers traveling by air, train and waterway will not be required to take COVID-19 tests if they have been fully vaccinated, injected the first shots for three weeks, or recovered from the disease within six months.

The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.82% year on year between January and September, the slowest hike since 2016, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world’s tourism industry to a complete halt, including ecotourism activities.

The Freedom House has recently issued a report which again contains prejudiced and partial assessments on internet freedom in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The nation is scheduled to receive a large number of COVID-19 vaccines ahead in October, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).