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 - Vietnam has confirmed an additional 10,811 coronavirus infections during the past 24 hours, with more than two thirds recorded in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong, the country’s two largest coronavirus hotspots.

Adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic growth of Vietnam’s key cities, such as Hanoi and HCMC, has been slower, the exodus of migrant workers leaving HCMC may make the path of recovery planned by enterprises more bumpy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has detected an additional 11,214 coronavirus infections during the past 24 hours, raising its national cumulative tally of infections to nearly 350,000, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its coronavirus update on August 22 evening.

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 - A Malaysian Airlines plane carrying 50,000 vials of Remdesivir, a much-sought-after drug to treat COVID-19 globally, touched down at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City late August 21.

VOV.VN - An additional 11,321 coronavirus cases have been recorded in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, a record high figure since the start of the outbreak in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health recorded an additional 10,654 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours to 6 p.m. on August 19, including 10,639 domestic infections and 15 imported cases.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, who heads the Working Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy, has stressed the group's resolve to promote vaccine diplomacy for the country's fastest access to COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment and drugs to treat the disease.

VOV.VN - An additional 8,644 coronavirus cases have been detected in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, approximately 1,000 fewer than the previous day’s figure, while COVID-19 has claimed 368 more lives in the country, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) on August 16 evening.