The Red Cross Society of Hanoi has rolled out a programme to present 10,000 aid packages containing food and foodstuff worth VND200,000 (US$8.8) each to pandemic-hit people across the capital city.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 13 visited and presented gifts to frontline forces performing COVID-19 prevention and prevention activities and locals in some areas in the capital city.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi administration has launched a scheme aimed at providing quick COVID-19 tests for drivers at bus stations, aiming to facilitate the continued transport of goods while simultaneously ensuring pandemic prevention measures.

VOV.VN - A field hospital specifically for the treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 cases is currently under construction on 3.5 hectares of land in Yen So ward of Hoang Mai district.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Czech Republic are expected to double their two-way trade turnover to US$3 billion within the next two years, according to Martina Tauberova, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic.

VOV.VN - Alongside renowned beer-drinking cities such as Dublin (Ireland) and Munich (Germany), Hanoi (Vietnam) has been named among ideal cities globally in which to drink beer, according to a survey conducted by travel website Booking.com.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese men’s national football team got their latest training camp in Hanoi underway ahead of the Asian region’s final qualifying round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi is carrying out a large-scale testing campaign for approximately 300,000 local residents in high-risk areas in order to quickly separate F0 from the community.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed a further 4,185 COVID-19 cases, including two imported infections on the evening of August 9, pushing the overall daily figure to 9,340.

VOV.VN - A large number of checkpoints across the capital witnessed major traffic jams on August 9 as on-duty officials moved to tighten control of travel between districts due to rising infection cases.