Despite limited resources, the Vietnamese Government and local authorities are sparing no efforts to support and ensure safety for the expat community in Vietnam amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City plans to continue enforcing social distancing orders under Directive 16 after September 15 in response to the sustained threat of COVID-19, according to Duong Anh Duc, vice chairman of the muncipal People's Committee.

Marathon - a Vietnamese online tutoring platform - has just raised US$1.5 million in investment for a pre-seed round.

Authorised by the President, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Toan Thang on September 8 posthumously bestowed a Friendship Order on Jean-Charles Negre, former standing member of the French Communist Party (PCF) Secretariat, for his contributions to France-Vietnam relations.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded an additional 12,920 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hour to 6:30 p.m. on August 27 across 42 localities, thereby raising the overall infection count in the latest outbreak to 406,223 according to figures published by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - All visits by both nations' senior leaders aim to deepen the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the US, for the benefit of the two peoples, and for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world as a whole.

VOV.VN - A total of 9,580 positive COVID-19 cases, including 6 imported infections were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on August 15, pushing up the national tally to more than 275,000.

VOV.VN - Competent agencies from the United States and Vietnam are working together to prepare for the visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris in the spirit of the growing comprehensive partnership between both sides.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed President Nguyen Xuan Phuc bestow posthumously a second-class Feat Order on a police officer in Ho Chi Minh City who died while on duty.

With many local textile-garment makers unable to confirm when they can resume operations, many of their foreign business partners are switching orders from Vietnam to other countries.