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The southern province of Kien Giang will start a Covid-19 vaccination programme for people on Phu Quoc Island from Thursday.

The Cambodian Government has decided to temporarily suspend entry and exit activities by workers and experts of Vietnamese companies operating in the country for one month from July 18 in a bid to prevent the spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue held online talks with Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Tan Chuan-Jin on July 14.

Pfizer, a US multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, has pledged to provide Vietnam with 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-18 in the fourth quarter to help with its vaccination rollout.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed three new Covid-19 deaths who were elderly patients with underlying medical issues in HCM City.

Khanh Hoa authorities have approved a pilot plan to receive tourists who have vaccine passports.

Vietnam recorded 2,934 more Covid-19 infections on Wednesday including 2,229 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 37,434 the Ministry of Health has reported.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has stressed the need to provide support for people who are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnam has secured 8,077,350 doses of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of July 12, according to the statistics from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Vietnam exported approximately 3.03 million tonnes of rice worth US$1.65 billion during the first half of the year with the average rice export price increasing 11.7% to roughly US$544.4 per tonne, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Australia will support Vietnam’s national vaccine rollout by providing 1.5 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2021.

Nearly 200 medical staff and 100 local militia personnel of the largest field hospital in Ho Chi Minh City are treating and caring for 3,400 Covid-19 patients.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 1,196 locally-infected Covid-19 cases at midday on Wednesday with HCM City still the hardest-hit locality.

Two more trains for Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro route in HCM City on Tuesday arrived at Khanh Hoi Port from Japan.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health on July 13 issued an urgent document on the pilot of quarantining and treating Covid-19 patients at home following instructions from the Health Ministry.

Vietnam confirmed 909 new Covid-19 cases in the last 12 hours as of 6 am on Wednesday, including four from abroad, according to the Ministry of Health.

More than 63.4% of respondents in a survey conducted by the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) said they want to go to Vietnam for sightseeing, and a high percentage of those who had visited the country (over 70%) want to go again.

Though exports remain strong, several sectors face difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic and require support from the Government if they are to sustain the growth, experts said.

The Ministry of Health on Tuesday evening announced two more COVID-19-related fatalities, both patients with serious underlying health conditions.