VOV.VN - The nation recorded a total of 11,521 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours across 34 provinces and cities, along with more than 9,900 discharges, the Health Ministry reported on September 17.

VOV.VN - Approximately 100,000 vials of Remdesivir produced by Mylan pharmaceutical company under Pfizer group have arrived in Vietnam in order to treat COVID-19 patients.

VOV.VN - Field Hospital No. 3 in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has discharged 6,209 COVID-19 patients since its operation on June 7.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has suggested the Ministry of Planning and Investment propose the Prime Minister approve the allocation of VND17.2 trillion (US$754 million) to carry out three key projects.

Youth-led initiatives on job replacement, income generation, provision of sexual and reproductive health knowledge and life skills for young international migrant workers who returned due to COVID-19 will be implemented in Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Tri provinces.

VOV.VN - The overall number of infections during the latest wave of the pandemic rose to more than 641,000 following an additional 10, 585 COVID-19 cases being detected by the Ministry of Health on September 15.

VOV.VN - A host of provinces and cities nationwide have devised plans aimed at bringing daily life back to a new normal as the pandemic shows signs of abating, with positive COVID-19 cases consistently seeing a gradual reduction.

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.