Vietnam will come out victorious in the battle against COVID-19 with compassion and unity, Aaron Johnson, an American freelance filmmaker and Youtuber who has resided in Vietnam since 2013, told the Vietnam News Agency.

VOV.VN - Hanoi on August 18 began the second phase of mass COVID-19 testing targeting 13 high-risk groups of people through the RT-PCR method.

Nearly 16.8 million TEUs of container cargo have been handled at Vietnamese seaports in the first eight months of 2021, up 18% from the same period last year, according the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

VOV.VN - A foreign man has been taken to a police station in Ho Chi Minh City after he was caught violating social distancing rules and challenging on-duty officials.

VOV.VN - The European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) launched a new and ambitious fundraising campaign on August 17 in an effort to support Vietnam’s ongoing battle against COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi on August 17 paid a working visit to the Russian city of Kaluga where he discussed with local authorities prospects of cooperation between Vietnamese and Russian localities.

Vietnam looks to maintain Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth lower than 1% a month during the last quarter of 2021 in an effort to keep inflation under the 4% target for the year.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has asked provincial and municipal authorities to ease the travel of labourers at seaports so as to avoid the disruption of production and supply chains amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trade union organisations under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) have so far spent more than VND1.22 trillion (US$53.38 million) from the VGCL's budget and raised donations to help over 1 million members, particularly workers, to overcome COVID-19-related difficulties.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has affirmed that the Party Central Committee and its Secretariat, Politburo and permanent Secretariat members always stand side by side with administration and people of HCM City and closely follow the situation to give comprehensive instructions to the city