VOV.VN - Despite the negative impact of COVID-19 on society, the pandemic cannot hinder local artists from displaying their talents and making contributions to the nation’s fight against the virus.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on September 2 requested localities that are implementing social distancing measures to test all of their residents for COVID-19 at least three times from now till September 15.

VOV.VN - Free meals are being offered to people in need in order to support them when they fight to overcome the difficulties faced during the capital’s social distancing period as part of the country’s COVID-19 fight.

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.

Three northern provinces - Lao Cai, Yen Bai and Ha Nam - on August 20 sent a total 100 medical workers to Dong Nai province to assist the southern locality in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The authorities of the capital have continued to implement the second phase of mass COVID-19 testing with the aim of assessing 13 different high-risk groups through the RT-PCR method between August 18 and August 20.

VOV.VN - As many as 13,145 healthcare workers from northern and central provinces have volunteered to join frontline forces in the south to combat COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Trade union organisations under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) have so far spent more than VND1.22 trillion (US$53.38 million) from the VGCL's budget and raised donations to help over 1 million members, particularly workers, to overcome COVID-19-related difficulties.

A delegation of the Ministry of Health led by Minister Nguyen Thanh Long arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15 afternoon to work with the city's authorities in COVID-19 prevention and control.

Having lost their jobs and being unable to return home as there are no international flights, many Vietnamese workers in Malaysia are struggling to cope with the fallout from COVID-19.