Three intensive care units for COVID-19 patients (ICUs) with doctors and medical personnel coming from three central-level hospitals across the country opened on August 7 in Ho Chi Minh City – the country’s current largest pandemic hotspot.

Around 10,000 vials of Remdesivir have been distributed to 10 hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City to treat COVID-19 patients starting on August 8, according to the Ministry of Health.

The first-ever “oxygen ATM” was recently put into operation in Ho Chi Minh City with the message “Giving oxygen - Extending life”.

VOV.VN - As many as 500 local and foreign delegates attended the Young Scientists Conference 2021 held virtually on August 6 by the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, to promote young innovations in the Industry 4.0 era.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has requested for more COVID-19 vaccines from the Government, aiming to inoculate 70% of adults by the end of August.

VOV.VN - The authorities of District 8 in Ho Chi Minh City have launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign which takes place at night, with the target of meeting the city’s aim of providing vaccines to 70% of residents aged 18 and over by the end of August.

Members of “Stay Strong Saigon” - a project of young Vietnamese people in the US in coordination with members of the “Vietnam - Unite for Vietnam” project launched a campaign to donate 20,000 N95 face masks to frontline forces in the COVID-19 fight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Despite struggling to cope with a COVID-19 resurgence, Ho Chi Minh City managed to achieve positive economic growth in the first seven months of the year, according to the city Statistics Office.

VOV.VN - The nation’s daily infection tally rose to 8,377 following the detection of a further 4,851 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 37 imported infections, the Health Ministry said in its August 3 evening update.

More than 365,000 labourers, business households and traders in traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City have benefited from COVID-19 support packages.