President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of the National Council of National Defence-Security, attended a ceremony in Hanoi on October 18 to honour individuals and organisations who made outstanding contributions to the United Nations peacekeeping missions.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi administration has decided to lift a 14-day lockdown on Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital starting 00.00hrs on October 18 after its coronavirus outbreak was brought under control.

VOV.VN - The nation registered 3,193 additional COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours to six p.m on October 17, with most of the cases detected in Ho Chi Minh City with 1,059, Binh Duong with 537, and Dong Nai with 517, according to the Ministry of Health.

Medical workers from the Cho Ray and Thong Nhat hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have left for Ca Mau and Ninh Thuan provinces to help with the COVID-19 fight there.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the city's Committee for Religious Affairs on October 13 honoured 82 religious volunteers who have worded side by side with medical workers at local COVID-19 treatment hospitals.

VOV.VN - Genetica, a genetic engineering company with patented technology from the United States, has signed a co-operation deal with the Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC) to develop a genome sequencing centre, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia.

VOV.VN - Field hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, have done their goods job over the past months and will suspend operations in the coming months, according to the municipal Department of Health.

VOV.VN - A doctor who has treated COVID-19 patients at a centrally-run hospital in Hanoi has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC) reported on October 6 evening.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines operated five flights on October 5 to transport close to 1,000 medical workers and medical students back to Hanoi after they completed their mission in assisting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - A chain of virus transmission at Vietnam – Germany Friendship Hospital in Hanoi capital has been localized since first infections were detected several days ago, according to Truong Quang Viet, deputy director of the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC).