VOV.VN - Districts 7 is one of the first localities in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, that will enter the new normal as of September 15 after announcing they have largely brought the COVID-19 pandemic under control.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to request for the approval of narrowing the gap between doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from six weeks to between eight and 12 weeks.

The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony on September 13 to present 10 ambulances, worth more than VND10 billion, to hospitals in the city and the Mekong province of Ben Tre, to help with the transportation and treatment of patients.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City plans to continue enforcing social distancing orders under Directive 16 after September 15 in response to the sustained threat of COVID-19, according to Duong Anh Duc, vice chairman of the muncipal People's Committee.

VOV.VN - The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has decreased significantly in recent days, signaling the COVID-19 treatment regimen is proving effective, according to health experts.

Ho Chi Minh City's Social Security Agency has been carrying out some policies to support both employees and employers who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Following permission being granted on September 9 by Ho Chi Minh City’s administration to resume delivery services from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., many local eateries in the southern city have so far failed to reopen.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has recorded a total of 14,800 children under 16 infected with COVID-19 since the beginning of the year, according to the city’s Department of Health.

VOV.VN - The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, are planning to apply “green cards” in order to ease social distancing restrictions for people who have received one or two doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

VOV.VN - Up to 18 severely-ill COVID-19 patients were discharged on September 7 following their recovery after being treated at field hospital No. 14 located at No. 2 Truong Chinh street of Tay Thanh ward in Tan Phu district.