An escalation in COVID-19 cases and deaths in July-August will undermine Vietnam’s previously strong recovery from the pandemic shock and may temporarily set back the positive rating momentum, said Fitch Ratings.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s GDP is expected to expand by about 4.8% in 2021, or 2% lower than the projection made by the World Bank Group in December 2020, the WB says in its latest edition Taking Stock released on August 24.

VOV.VN - With the majority of incoming flights suspended and travel restrictions imposed due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the capital recorded no visitors in August, according to Hanoi Tourism Department.

VOV.VN - The coronavirus outbreak in Binh Duong is hitting its peak as the numbers of new infections and recoveries are levelling off, according to Assoc. Prof. & Dr. Nguyen Lan Hieu, director of the Hanoi Medical University.

VOV.VN - In an effort to establish ‘green’ zones (or safe zones), the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has accelerated a COVID-19 testing campaign to early detect and separate all F0 cases from the community.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,000 doctors, lecturers and students of the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi will fly to Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of the country’s latest coronavirus outbreak, to help with the ongoing COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - Joining frontline forces in the COVID-19 fight has so far left soldiers unperturbed as they strive to reach various virus hotspots in order to contribute to the country’s ongoing fight against an invisible enemy.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam at present, had vaccinated nearly 5.1 million people as of August 18, according to the municipal Department of Health.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed an additional 8,800 new coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, raising its cumulative caseload to more than 300,000, while 298 more fatalities have been recorded nationwide, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported on August 18 evening.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has requested that the Government provide the city with VND28,000 billion and more than 142,000 tonnes of rice to support poor labourers affected by COVID-19.