Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a dispatch requiring intensified efforts to better COVID-19 prevention and control amidst complex developments of the pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s largest economic hub.

VOV.VN - Despite being provided with assurances of no food shortages, residents of Ho Chi Minh City have continued to flock to supermarkets to stock up on supplies following an increase in COVID-19 cases in the southern city.

VOV.VN - As members of several free trade agreements (FTAs), both Vietnam and New Zealand can seize upon opportunities to promote economic development and connect supply chains within FTAs to export goods to markets of partner countries, according industry insiders.

VOV.VN - All individuals seeking to return to their localities from Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest COVID-19 hotspot, must self-isolate at home for a period of seven days and undergo three tests for the virus, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - The US Department of Defense has presented a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine and mobile lab equipment to the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam to enhance its mobile testing capabilities.

VOV.VN - A further 400 locally acquired coronavirus cases have been documented in 11 cities and provinces across Vietnam during the past six hours, with Ho Chi Minh City alone recording 347 cases.

VOV.VN - The first batch of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine known as Comirnaty numbering 97,110 doses arrived at Vietnam’s Noi Bai International Airport on July 7 morning.

Per capita monthly income of Vietnamese people was averaged at VND4.2 million (US$182.7) in 2020, down 1% year-on-year, according to a survey conducted by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese health authorities reported five more COVID-19 related deaths on July 7, taking the nation’s total death toll for the pandemic to 102.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has built four makeshift hospitals with a capacity of 12,000 beds in order to receive and treat local COVID-19 patients amid rising infections in the city.