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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.

The Government has approved the Ministry of Health’s proposal to purchase 40 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Vietnam.

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.