VOV.VN - Nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens were flew home safely from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a flight conducted by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines over the course of two days December 7-8.

VOV.VN - Close to 280 Vietnamese citizens in Saudi Arabia, including minors under 18, and workers with expired visas or labour contracts along with those in special disadvantaged circumstances were flown home safely on a flight operated by Bamboo Airways over the course of two days December 5 and 6.

Hanoi authorities on December 5 recorded two coronavirus-positive patients, including a man who again tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 after being discharged from hospital in Dong Da district, and a diplomat entering Vietnam and under stay-at-home quarantine in Bac Tu Liem district.

VOV.VN - In the face of the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam will temporarily not conduct commercial flights to bring home citizens who voluntarily pay for quarantine fees.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City police on December 3 launched a criminal investigation of a Vietnam Airlines flight attendant who violated COVID-19 quarantine rules and transmitted the virus to others.

Head of Vietnam Airlines' Cabin Crew Division Phan Ngoc Linh and deputy head of the division, Duong Quan Nhan, who is also head of the management board of the carrier’s southern boarding and concentrated quarantine establishment, have been suspended from work to clarify their responsibilities related to recent violations on COVID-19 prevention.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recommended not applying large-scale social distancing measures after four community cases of coronavirus were detected in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control and Prevent (HCDC) has announced that a total of 701 individuals who came into close contact with the southern city’s latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have tested negative for the virus.

VOV.VN - A complacent attitude towards quarantine regulations has started to creep in, that may potentially spark a fresh novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country, a COVID-19 expert has warned.

VOV.VN - Health workers in Ho Chi Minh City have identified and quarantined a total of 235 people who either came into direct or indirect contact with two positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in the southern city.