VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on July 15 received large sums of money and goods donated by several Consulates General and foreign enterprises in support of the southern city’s COVID-19 prevention and control fund.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has decided to bestow the city’s badge to seven overseas Vietnamese in recognition of their considerable contributions to local development.

VOV.VN - As many as 200 medical workers are working at full capacity at field hospital No.6, the largest of its kind, in Binh Khanh resettlement zone in Ho Chi Minh City in order to treat more than 3,400 COVID-19 patients.

VOV.VN - A number of mini supermarkets have been set up on pavements around Ho Chi Minh City in order to meet the demands of local people during the current social distancing period, attracting hundreds of residents in the process.

VOV.VN - Three local patients in Ho Chi Minh City have died after suffering from severe underlying health conditions and COVID-19, said the Sub-committee for Treatment under the National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 14.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) on July 13 organised the Local Development Dialogue 2021 – the first one held online in Hanoi and 58 other localities.

VOV.VN - A container ship carrying an additional two Japanese trains for Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No.1 docked at the city’s Khanh Hoi port on July 13.

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.