VOV.VN - Hanoi has managed to test 70,689 residents who recently returned from Da Nang coronavirus hotspot, with all the tests coming back negative, said Nguyen Khac Hien, director of the Hanoi Health Department.

VOV.VN - A 62-year-old female patient and a 65-year-old male patient, both in Da Nang hostspot died of serious underlying health conditions and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing Vietnam’s death toll to eight.

VOV.VN - A 62-year-old COVID-19 female patient in central Da Nang city died of serious underlying health conditions and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), taking Vietnam’s death toll to seven, the Ministry of Health reported on the morning of August 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s positive COVID-19 cases rose to 652 after the Ministry of Health announced 10 more patients contracted the novel coronavirus on the morning of August 4, with 7 people in central Da Nang city and 3 others in neighboring Quang Nam.

VOV.VN - Da Nang will hire two planes to evacuate more than 400 tourists left stranded in the central city due to the impact of the fresh COVID-19 outbreak, said an official of the Municipal Tourism Department on August 3.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health said it has developed scenarios to quarantine all residents of Da Nang, a coronavirus hotspot, at home to prevent the virus further spreading in the community.

VOV.VN - All crowded events and entertainment activities taking place on pedestrian streets in the centre of Hanoi have been halted in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded an additional 21 coronavirus cases in the community on August 3 afternoon, raising the country’s infection tally to 642, the Ministry of Health said in its update.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 3 asked for all-out efforts to be made nationwide to handle the fresh coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam, first and foremost in the central city of Da Nang.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang is stepping up construction of a field hospital at the Tien Son Sports Centre in an effort to deal with the fresh COVID-19 outbreak which has recently hit the city.