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National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chaired a meeting in Hanoi on August 4 with medical staff from centrally-run hospitals supporting southern cities and provinces in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

HCM City has used mobile teams to speed up the Covid-19 vaccination amid the city’s sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 patients.

An additional 3,943 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in the past 12 hours in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 181,756, the Ministry of Health reported at 6am on Thursday.

Authorities in Ha Tinh Province will organise five flights to help transport 1,000 low-income people home from the virus hotspots of HCM City and other southern provinces and cities.

Foreign ministers of ASEAN member countries and the US agreed to continue prioritising the COVID-19 response and support for sustainable recovery during a meeting held via videoconference on August 4.

Vietnam recorded an additional 7,623 Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 177,813, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Nguyen Thanh Phong has just decided to set up a centre to provide support to local people who are facing difficulties during the on-going virus outbreak in the area.

Authorities in Nghe An Province have found 17 tigers being kept in a private home.

HCM City has proposed to spend VND501bn (USD21.7m) to support uncontracted workers who are facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has decided to suspend many non-essential activities from 12 pm on Wednesday for Covid-19 prevention.

The opening seven months of the year saw Vietnamese exports to the EU market reach US$22.5 billion, an annual increase of 15.5%, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Dantri readers have helped build a house for a poor woman who has 10 children in Thai Nguyen Province.

A 230-kilo American War bomb has been detected at a residential area in the central province of Quang Binh’s Bo Trach District.

Some of big Indian pharmaceutical companies have agreed to provide Vietnam with approximately 1 million doses of Remdesivir, a broad-spectrum antiviral medication, for COVID-19 treatment.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, as the coordinator of ASEAN-Japan relations, co-chaired the ASEAN-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held via videoconference together with his Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu.

An additional 4,271 more Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam in the past 12 hours, raising the total number of patients in the country to 174,461, the Ministry of Health reported at 6am on Wednesday.

UNESCO in Vietnam has launched the campaign #KeepingGirlsinthePicture - "For a future picture with girls", calling on the community to share inspirational stories to encourage ethnic minority students, especially girls, to continue their studies after the pandemic ends.

The whole Long Bien Market, Hanoi’s biggest wholesale market, has been locked down after one more Covid-19 case related to the market was confirmed.

An additional 8,429 more Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Tuesday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 170,190, the Ministry of Health has reported.