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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend a virtual informal meeting of leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on July 16, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Vietnam recorded 2,301 more Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 34,500 the Ministry of Health has reported.

The southern central province of Phu Yen has confirmed three Covid-19 deaths who were patients with underlying health issues.

The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control’s Treatment Sub-Committee on July 13 announced five more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities to 130.

Dak Nong Province and Vung Tau City have applied social distancing amid the ongoing Covid-19 wave.

Vietnam recorded 2,915 cyber attacks in the first six months of 2021, an increase of 898 compared with the same period last year.

Average temperatures across Vietnam in the coming weeks are expected to be up to one degree higher than those of the same period in previous years, according to the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre (NHFC).

Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu announced that the Japanese Government has decided to donate an additional one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam.

An additional 983 more Covid-19 infections have just been confirmed in Vietnam in the past six hours, raising the total number of patients in the country to 33,648 the Ministry of Health reported at noon on Tuesday.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) held the 155th Repatriation Ceremony at Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi on July 9.

Vietnam will pilot a nationwide home-quarantine programme for F1 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients.

Social distancing regulations in line with Government Directive 16 will be applied to the whole Dong Thap Province from July 14 amid the on-going Covid-19 spread.

Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone (EPZ) has been halted because of a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections at its companies.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced the adjustment of petrol prices to be over 850 VND higher per litre at 3pm on July 12.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will resume international commercial flights linking Hanoi and HCM City to Australia and some Asian and European destinations.

Vietnam recorded 466 new Covid-19 patients in the last 12 hours as of 6 am on Tuesday, mostly in southern localities, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health has decided to apply a longer home quarantine time for people returning to localities nationwide from HCM City.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has added four more cultural practices of ethnic minority people in the northern province of Lao Cai to the national list of intangible cultural heritages.

Hanoi will close restaurants and hair salons for Covid-19 prevention from July 13 as the city is reporting more Covid-19 infections in the community.