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The southern province of Dong Nai is witnessing a drastic rise in Covid-19 patients, while many local workers do not want to continue staying at their company to work.

The capital of Hanoi is considering extending social distancing measures as the fresh coronavirus outbreak is yet to show signs of abating.

Social distancing measures have been imposed for the whole southern central province of Khanh Hoa as the province is witnessing more Covid-19 patients.

The latest Covid-19 outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City has started to ease with falling numbers of infections.

Vietnamese diplomatic missions in Japan will continue to coordinate with Japanese agencies for the urgent investigation into the death of a Vietnamese man in Osaka, an official has said.

An additional 4,009 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in the past 12 hours in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 189,066, the Ministry of Health reported at 6am on Friday morning.

Many streets in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long City are being polluted with piles of litter.

Vietnam recorded an additional 7,244 Covid-19 infections on Thursday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 185,057, the Ministry of Health has reported.

HCM City is speeding up its Covid-19 vaccination campaign through mobile vaccination teams at local residential areas in the evening.

Around 300 medical workers from 60 vaccination teams have been sent to the southern province of Binh Duong to help the province’s Covid-19 inoculation campaign.

Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc island have been listed among the world’s 100 greatest places to explore on Earth in 2021 as voted by US-based Time Magazine (Time).

Up to 226 coaches in HCM City have been turned into ambulances to transport Covid-19 patients.

A disabled man has travelled six days in his wheelchair-motorbike to return home in Phu Yen Province after losing his job in HCM City.

Two officials in the southern central province of Binh Dinh have been suspended after they were found playing golf that violated the regulations on Covid-19 prevention.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just released a list of factors that are undermining the development of the electric car industry in Vietnam.

More than 11,000 students have registered for the second round of the national high school graduation examination, which is scheduled for August 6-7, said Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Huu Do.

The 22nd version of the biennial Vietnam Film Festival is set to be delayed until November due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Health has just reduced mandatory quarantine time to seven days for fully vaccinated travellers and those who clinically recovered from Covid-19 and have negative testing results.

A firm in HCM City has co-operated with organisations to supply oxygen for local patients, particularly those in critical conditions due to Covid-19 amid the city’s ongoing pandemic.