The newly-appointed person will govern the city’s operations during Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung’s suspension.

Ho Chi Minh City landlords have been forced to lower rents further with the second wave of COVID-19 hitting demand.

The Ministry of Transport has ordered continued suspension of passenger transport from/to Da Nang from 0:00 hour on August 12 in order to prevent the COVID-19 from spreading further after the central city reported new outbreaks late last month.

The Government’s policy of a five-month extension for tax payment deadlines did not attract a large number of firms.

As of July, businesses nationwide owed social insurance premiums totalling over VND20.6 trillion (US$887.6 million) due to the coronavirus crisis, according to Vietnam Social Insurance (VSI).

Some 15.7 million smartphone users had downloaded Bluezone, a locally-developed contact-tracing app to identify and alert people who have interacted with COVID-19 patients, as of August 11, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The total value of cashless transactions jumped six times in the first half this year against the same period of 2019.

As many as 173 tourist accommodation establishments in 25 cities and provinces across Vietnam had been mobilised as of August 6 to serve as quarantine sites in the fight against COVID-19, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health announced on August 13 morning another coronavirus patient has died in Vietnam, bringing the country’s death toll caused by the disease to 18.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed three more new coronavirus cases during the past 12 hours, including two locally transmitted cases in Quang Nam province, and one imported case in Bac Lieu province.