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Many branches of big banks in HCM City have been temporarily shut amid the city’s tightened Covid-19 prevention and control measures.

The Vietnam Youth Federation Central Committee launched a call centre on August 23 to facilitate COVID-19 prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City.

The coronavirus disease pandemic is threatening Asia and the Pacific’s progress toward critical targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Vietnam aims to use 100 percent of environmentally-friendly plastic bags and packaging at shopping malls and supermarkets by 2025, according to a project on strengthening management of plastic waste in Vietnam approved by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh.

A collection of four stamps showcasing a range of native Vietnamese chickens is set to be issued on August 25 by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Cuba will provide Vietnam with 10 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from now until the end of 2021, President Miguel Díaz-Canel told Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc during phone talks.

US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Vietnam from August 24-26 at the invitation of Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday.

Up to 2,500 workers from Hanoi Transport Service Company have become temporarily unemployed due to Covid-19.

A woman from Thai Nguyen Province is in need of financial support to treat three members of her family that are suffering from heart diseases.

Heads of delegations to the ongoing 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly highlighted the importance of international cooperation and commended timely measures conducted by governments of regional nations in response to the pandemic.

Vietnam announced 10,397 more Covid-19 infections on Monday and 6,945 patients recover from the diseases the same day, according to the Ministry of Health.

The first batch of 300,000 Molnupiravir tablets arrived in Vietnam on August 23 to treat Covid-19 patients.

A ceremony was held at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on August 23 to receive 200,000 doses of Vero-Cell vaccine produced by Sinopharm and 201,600 disposable syringes as a gift from China’s Ministry of National Defence to the

Military forces are joining with local authorities to supply food and necessities to Covid-19 patients and people with difficulties at their homes in Ho Chi Minh City.

A grey-shanked douc langur in the central province of Quang Ngai has been handed over to Cuc Phuong National Park’s Endangered Primate Rescue Centre.

Streets in HCM City have become deserted during the coronavirus restrictions starting August 23, requiring people to stay where they are amid the persistent threat of Covid-19.

The Polish government have just presented over 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Vietnam to support the country's fight against Coronavirus.

A local research team working on developing Nano Covax, a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, have unveiled the promising outcomes of the mid-term phase 3a clinical trials.