VOV.VN - Many stores and businesses based in Hanoi are shutting down due to dwindling revenues caused by a decline in customers following the nation being hit with a fourth wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee requested the closure of all beer restaurants and bia hoi venues on May 11 until further notice.

VOV.VN - Local authorities and residents of Sa Pa town in Lao Cai province are doing their utmost to implement COVID-19 prevention and control measures, with the resort town facing a high risk of local transmission in the period following national public holiday.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Bac Ninh, just 40km away from Hanoi capital, has announced 11 coronavirus cases, with all linked to the ongoing outbreak at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No2 in Hanoi.

As many as 110 people, including foreigners, were fined VND300 million (US$13,800) for not wearing masks in Ha Noi’s Hoan Kiem district during the four-day holiday from April 29 to May 2, according to Bui Van Dang, deputy head of the district’s police department.

VOV.VN - The decision taken by the administration of Hanoi to suspend non-essential services, including restaurants, sidewalk eateries, and drinks vendors in an effort to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen business slow in many outlets throughout the capital.

Certain non-essential services in Ho Chi Minh City are to remain closed until further notice in an effort to prevent COVID-19 transmission while others have been allowed to resume.

VOV.VN - The administration of Hai Phong city has decided to immediately suspend all non-essential services from February 22 following the detection of a healthcare worker who has been infected with SARS-CoV-2.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City’s People Committee has decided to suspend all non-essential services as from February 9 in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

VOV.VN - The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced three locally-transmitted coronavirus infections in Dong Trieu district of Quang Ninh province, a coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam.