VOV.VN - A number of localities from across the country have dispatched numerous doctors and nurses as part of efforts to assist Ho Chi Minh City, the nation’s current COVID-19 epicentre, in its ongoing fight against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - An additional 659 domestic and 3 imported cases were recorded over the past 12 hours to 6 a.m on July 12 morning, with Ho Chi Minh reporting the highest number of infections at 544, said the Health Ministry.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s current biggest COVID-19 outbreak hotspot, is on the right track in pandemic prevention and control after two days of social distancing imposed in the entire city.

VOV.VN - Since the fourth wave of COVID-19 broke out in Vietnam in late April, hundreds of medical students from Ho Chi Minh City’s universities have enthusiastically supported frontliners in the pandemic fight.

Many non-residents in HCMC have been plunged into unimaginable hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Saigonese are willing to provide a shot in the arm for them to ride out the pandemic together.

VOV.VN - Two additional COVID-19 patients have died in Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Giang province, thereby taking the total number of fatalities to 112, the Ministry of Health announced on July 10.

Oversea remittances to Ho Chi Minh City were worth US$3.2 billion in the first six months of this year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic roiling on many economies around the world.

VOV.VN - A large number of residents urgently left Ho Chi Minh City on July 8 as they returned to their various hometowns in neighbouring localities ahead of social distancing measures being implemented throughout the southern city.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has assigned the Ministry of Health to ensure that Ho Chi Minh City is given priority for vaccine distribution.

The Ministry of Transport has approved the temporary suspension of flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc island city in Kien Giang province.