VOV.VN - Japan has committed to supporting and protecting Vietnamese trainees, while proposing setting up a hotline between the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Vietnam Embassy to assist interns.

VOV.VN - An additional 12 positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, including an eight-month-old child, were successfully discharged from hospitals in Da Nang and the central province of Quang Nam on the morning of August 13.

VOV.VN - Quang Nam province has decided to extend the ongoing social distancing order imposed on Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, starting from August 14 in an effort to curb the novel coronavirus.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed three more new coronavirus cases during the past 12 hours, including two locally transmitted cases in Quang Nam province, and one imported case in Bac Lieu province.

VOV.VN - The period from this week to the middle of next week will mark the peak of the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said, while urging the implementation of a range of drastic countermeasures.

VOV.VN - The central province of Quang Nam has asked relevant units to accelerate testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in order to take at least 6,000 samples each day.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed a further six coronavirus cases and one fatality related to COVID-19 on August 10 evening, lifting the overall number of infections to 847 and death toll to 14.

VOV.VN - A total of 60 Vietnamese artists took part in a livestream concert via YouTube on August 9 as a means of raising donations for doctors and residents of Da Nang and the central province of Quang Nam in the battle against the novel coronavirus.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on August 6 afternoon confirmed 30 more new cases of COVID-19, with 20 detected in Da Nang, 6 in nearby Quang Nam, 1 in Bac Giang linked to Da Nang hotspot, and 3 which were imported in Ba Ria - Vung Tau.

VOV.VN - More than 3,000 local people in the northern border province of Quang Ninh who recently returned from Da Nang have taken part in quick COVID-19 tests in order to halt the transmission of the virus among the wider community.