VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City should be ready to impose tougher restrictions in order to halt the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the community, said Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee.

VOV.VN - As many as 2,787 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 23 cities and provinces across Vietnam during the past 12 hours, raising the cumulative tally of infections in the country to 65,607.

VOV.VN - The nation’s daily COVID-19 infection count hit 4,795 following the detection of 2,640 further positive cases, including 5 imported infections, the Ministry of Health said in its July 20 evening update.

VOV.VN - Long queues of traffic lasting for several hours formed at gateways to Hanoi due to the administration of the capital tightening pandemic control measures as part of efforts to deal with the growing number of local infections

VOV.VN - A total of 2,155 new COVID-19 cases, including one imported were registered, raising Vietnam's positive coronavirus tally since the pandemic initially hit the nation in early 2020 to 60,180, according to a report by the Ministry of Health released on July 20 morning.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded ministries, sectors, and localities reinforce all forces to ramp up the COVID-19 combat while addressing an unscheduled meeting with the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed an additional 2,161 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in 23 cities and provinces nationwide and 19 more imported cases in four localities during the past 12 hours, raising its daily caseload to 4,195.

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi has begun carrying out an extensive testing campaign, starting on July 19, focusing on groups of people vulnerable to virus infection.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Chu Ngoc Anh on July 18 evening signed an official dispatch No.15 on the enforcement of urgent measures to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic amid increasingly complicated developments of the virus across the nation.

VOV.VN - The national infection tally rose to more than 51,000 after the Health Ministry confirmed a further 2,472 fresh cases of COVID-19, including 18 imported on July 18 morning, with Ho Chi Minh City continuing to suffer the most infections at 1,756.