VOV.VN - The Philippines is an important and reliable partner that shares many strategic interests with Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during phone talks on July 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed an additional 2,161 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in 23 cities and provinces nationwide and 19 more imported cases in four localities during the past 12 hours, raising its daily caseload to 4,195.

Over 20 hotels in Ho Chi Minh City have offered free accommodation and meals to medical workers involving in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, with about 50,000 room nights, reported the municipal Tourism Department on July 19.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on July 19 announced an additional 80 COVID-19 fatalities recorded in six localities from July 9 to 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese scientists are set to conduct the second phase of a human clinical trial of locally produced COVID-19 vaccine Covivac in August following encouraging results in the first phase.

VOV.VN - Two flights transporting 800 ventilators from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City were operated on July 19 to provide hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, with additional medical supplies to treat COVID-19 patients.

VOV.VN - A huge number of people in Hanoi have been heading to local wet markets, in contrast to quiet scenes found in supermarkets in the capital, on July 19 - the first day when tighter prevention measures against COVID-19 are in effect.

VOV.VN - The 43-member Vietnamese sporting delegation took their first steps on Japanese soil on July 19 ahead of the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics which is set to begin on July 23.

VOV.VN - Many companies throughout Ho Chi Minh City will allow their employees to work, sleep, and eat at their workplace in order to maintain production and at the same time comply with relevant COVID-19 prevention measures.

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi has begun carrying out an extensive testing campaign, starting on July 19, focusing on groups of people vulnerable to virus infection.