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Many supermarkets in Hanoi have run out of food and necessities since yesterday evening after the city announced to apply stricter social distancing regulations for Covid-19 prevention.

More than 20 hotels in Ho Chi Minh City have offered free stays and meals for Covid-19 frontline workers and doctors or giving discounts for people being quarantined for virus prevention.

A company in Dong Nai Province has to temporarily let their workers off from work as they are unable to arrange transportation.

Facing the complicated COVID-19 situation, Vietnam Airlines said it has built a feasible business plan with a view to earning VND37.364 trillion (over US$1.6 billion) in consolidated revenue this year, equivalent to 88.4% of the 2020 figure.

A tropical low depression has formed in the northern part of the East Sea and is anticipated to cause heavy rain in northern provinces of Vietnam in the coming days.

A total of 25 designs have been selected to enter the voting round of the Hanoi creative space design contest, which seeks initiatives to inspire new and unique ideas in designing and exploiting Hanoi’s spaces.

Vietnam confirmed 2,015 more Covid-19 infections in the past 12 hours, including 1,535 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday morning.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) recently sent a dispatch asking domestic airlines to suspend flights to and from airports in several southern cities and provinces that are under social distancing measures from July 19.

Vietnam confirmed 5,926 more Covid-19 infections on Sunday, including 4,692 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 53,830, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People's Committee Chu Ngoc Anh has ordered halting all non-essential services amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on July 17 announced a decision to donate cash and medical supplies to help Vietnam respond to COVID-19.

Vietnam will accelerate COVID-19 testing to promptly discover infection cases in a bid to counter the pandemic which is spreading complicatedly in the south, said Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.

The Ministry of Transport plans to begin work on nine major infrastructure projects in the south this year to reduce traffic congestion and improve connectivity.

Vietnam has become the fifth largest supplier of coffee to the Austrian market and the largest foreign provider of coffee outside of the EU, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The first session of the 15th National Assembly is scheduled to take place from July 20 to July 31 morning.

For the first time in Olympic history, national flags will be carried by two athletes at the Games, and runner Quach Thi Lan and swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang have the honour of carrying the Vietnamese flag at the upcoming

Several provinces in the central region have prepared for the return of residents who were working and studying in virus-hit areas in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam has confirmed 3,098 more Covid-19 infections, including 2,382 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 51,002 the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday morning.