The national archive centre on population debuted during a ceremony held by the Ministry of Public Security on August 17.

The Ministry of Public Security was awarded a first-class Military Exploit Order at a ceremony held in Hanoi on August 16 to mark its 75th traditional day (August 19) and the 15th anniversary of “All people protect national security” festival (August 19).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has registered 11 more new cases of COVID-19, including 11 detected in Da Nang outbreak, one in Hanoi capital and two of entry, lifting the national tally to 962, the Ministry of Health reported on August 16 afternoon.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's COVID-19 infection count rose to 951 after one fresh case of entry from Equatorial Guinea was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, while another COVID-19 patient in Da Nang died, bringing the death toll to 24.

VOV.VN - Local products account for over 90% of domestic enterprises' distribution systems, while they account for between 60% and 96% for foreign supermarkets, according to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VOV.VN - The afternoon of August 15 saw the Ministry of Health confirm an additional 20 fresh coronavirus infections, and another coronavirus-related fatality, bringing the overall number of infections to 950, and death toll to 23 in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is conducting sequencing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in the first COVID-19 case found in a cluster of infections in Hai Duong province to determine whether there are any similarities with the virus strain.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on August 15 morning confirmed one more new imported case returning from Russia and one COVID-19 related death over the past 12 hours, taking the national infection tally to 930 and the fatality count to 22.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on August 14 afternoon announced 18 more new cases of COVID-19, including 17 related to central Da Nang city, and one of illegal entry into Vietnam which were quarantined in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ministry of Transport has ordered continued suspension of passenger transport from/to Da Nang from 0:00 hour on August 12 in order to prevent the COVID-19 from spreading further after the central city reported new outbreaks late last month.