The unprecedented volume of online orders at major grocers and supermarket chains in Ho Chi Minh City due to the public’s concern over COVID-19 has resulted in cancellations and long delays in delivery.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese sports officials have agreed to postpone the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11th ASEAN Para Games (ASEAN Para Games 11) to be held in Vietnam later this year due to COVID-19.

VOV.VN - The national vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may be delayed slightly due to the need to check the quality of the vaccine, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

The opening of the first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City, which runs between Ben Thanh Market in District 1 and Suoi Tien Theme Park in District 9, will be delayed until 2022, city authorities have said.

A number of domestic flights from/to Vietnam’s central region were delayed or cancelled on October 11 due to Storm Linfa, the sixth to hit the East Sea this year.

Despite numerous efforts of the Government in speeding up the equitisation of State-owned enterprises, some ministries, sectors, localities and economic groups have showed ineffective performance in the work, thus slowing down the progress of the scheme.

The Planning and Investment Ministry has suggested that the PM delays his approval to new carrier KiteAir’s investment proposal over COVID-19 impacts.

VOV.VN - Miss Universe 2020 organisers have announced their plan to delay this year’s competition due to complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing Vietnamese representative Khanh Van additional time to prepare for the contest.