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The United States sent Vietnam two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, the White House said, in its latest assistance to countries struggling to tame the pandemic.

Vietnam has recorded 277 new Covid-19 infections in the past 12 hours, raising the total number of patients in the country to 22,341, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday morning.

HCM City has made preparations for a scenario of treating around 500 Covid-19 patients in serious condition.

Vietnam recorded 504 new COVID-19 cases, including 500 domestic and four imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on July 6, announced the Ministry of Health.

The southern province of Kien Giang has proposed the temporary suspension of flights from HCM City to Phu Quoc Island for Covid-19 prevention.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 248 Covid-19 cases over the past six hours as of 12 pm on Tuesday, including 10 new patients in Hanoi.

A new tropical depression has appeared in the East Sea (South China Sea) while the current reported one is forecast to develop into a new storm in the next 24 hours, according to the national weather service.

The opening half of 2021 witnessed Vietnamese import-export turnover reach US$316.73 billion, marking an increase of 32.2% compared to the same period from last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed four more Covid-19 deaths, raising the national death toll to 90.

Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem will play Dutch GM Benjamin Bok in the quarterfinals of the Banter Blitz Cup online chess tournament on July 5.

The management centre of the Temple of Literature in Hanoi has announced a plan to restore the cultural values of a lake known as Literature Lake as part of this special national site, the Nhan dan newspaper reported.

People in Quang Binh Province have sent hundreds of tonnes of fish to support people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has proposed municipal authorities allow students to return to schools between July 10-24, after a two-month-long pause to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

Vietnam logged 277 more local Covid-19 infections in the past 12 hours as of 6 am on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health announced.

Pfizer/BioNTech’s first consignment containing more than 90,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine known as Comirnaty is due to arrive at Vietnam’s Noi Bai International Airport on July 7, a health official revealed on July 5.

The northern province of Quang Ninh is calling on investments for a liquefied natural gas-fired power plant with a total investment of USD1.99 billion.

The 13th Party Central Committee held its third conference on July 5 in Hanoi to examine important issues relating to national socio-economic development and the election of key positions within the State apparatus.

Rubbish has piled up in Thai Binh City after local residents blocked the entrance to a waste treatment plant as they protested at the area being polluted by the plant's activities.

Many localities have halted flights to HCM City which is facing a significant Covid-19 outbreak.