VOV.VN - The authorities of Hanoi will require related agencies to train members of voluntary teams within the community to reach the target of collecting samples from the whole city as part of COVID-19 testing by September 15.

VOV.VN - Thousands of Hanoi residents on September 9 evening lined up waiting to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Vietnam – Russia Friendship Cultural Palace in the capital.

VOV.VN - A number of food business owners in Hanoi’s suburban Gia Lam district are excited at the prospect of running take-away services again after being granted permission to reopen after nearly two months of closure due to the COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - The capital hopes to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control prior to September 15, with ambitions to complete the first-dose of COVID-19 vaccinations for citizens aged 18 and over before this date.

The Hanoi Cultural Centre under the municipal Department of Culture and Sports has released eight songs to encourage people’s spirit and solidarity amid the ongoing COVID-19 and express gratitude to frontline workers.

The Governing Board of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) held its 56th meeting in Hanoi on September 6 under the chair of Vietnamese Auditor General and Chair of ASOSAI for 2018 - 2021 Tran Sy Thanh and Chinese Auditor General Hou Kai, Secretary General of ASOSAI.

The State Audit Office of Vietnam, as Chair of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) over the last three years, has played a leadership role in successfully realising ASOSAI Strategic Plan and Hanoi Declaration on “Environmental Auditing for Sustainable Development".

The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has announced a list of COVID-19 hotlines for handling related information and opinions from local residents.

VOV.VN - Plenty of traffic jams could be seen on several major roads throughout Hanoi on September 6 after the capital began implementing tighter social distancing measures in a number of its selected districts.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has requested that Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and other major coronavirus hotspots in the southern region vaccinate all of their residents aged above 18, including pregnant women, with at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot by September 15.