The People’s Committee of HCMC coordinated with the Bach Mai Hospital and Viet-Duc Hospital of Hanoi, Hue Central Hospital of Thua Thien-Hue Province to inaugurate HCMC Covid-19 Intensive Care Centers on August 7.

Various music and dance performances will be broadcast in the coming time to motivate people amid Covid-19.

The HCMC Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority Business Association (HBA) has proposed the HCMC government and relevant agencies establish field hospitals at industrial parks (IP)

HCM City – Hanoi passenger flights suspended

Stagnant business and production activities as a result of the impact of Covid-19, increased pressure over delivery to partners, and high transport costs are threatening the supply chains of the apparel sector.

ASEAN Online Sale Day 2021, the biggest online shopping event of all ASEAN consumers, is scheduled to begin at 00.00hrs on August 8 and last through to 24.00hrs on August 24.

Vietnam has confirmed 4,941 more coronavirus cases in 23 cities and provinces across the country during the past 12 hours, with most cases recorded in the south, reported the Ministry of Health (MoH) on August 8 morning.

Many forwarding companies have found it difficult to deliver goods as there are not enough deliverymen.

Vietnam's leading corporations are making efforts to provide essential goods and services to the people amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has severely affected their operations and business goals.

Despite being significantly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam's agricultural, forestry and fishery exports still earned 28.6 billion USD in the past seven months, up 26.7% over the same period last year.

In July, the Center for Environment and Development of the University of Oslo, Norway organized a webinar entitled “Sustainable urban transport in Vietnam: Transition, challenges and future prospects”.

Three students auctioned paintings to raise more than VND 200 million to donate to Covid-19 epidemic prevention organizations to buy vaccines and equipment.

The Southern Power Corporation will slash VND1,170 billion of power charges for customers affected by the Covid-19 epidemic in 21 southern provinces in 2021.

Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, hotel owners have been forced to put their properties up for sale at much lower prices, providing opportunities for investors who were betting on the tourism recovery when the virus was brought under control.

Two geographical information system applications to help people shop online and authorities monitor the COVID-19 pandemic, trialled for one month in Thu Duc City, will now be expanded to 11 districts in HCM City.

As of August 5, nearly 3.5 million Vietnamese people have had an online certificate of COVID-19 vaccination.

A proposal for the celebration of Vietnamese poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu’s 200th birthday anniversary is expected to be approved by the UNESCO General Assembly in November. 

Vietnam’s No. 1 player Le Quang Liem (world No. 32) defeated world No. 5 Levon Aronian of Armenia after winning tie-break points on August 6, cruising into the final match of the ongoing the Chessable Masters tournament.

A number of foreigners residing in Ho Chi Minh City, the epicentre of Vietnam’s latest COVID-19 outbreak, cannot hide their excitement after receiving their initial vaccine shot to help protect themselves and the wider community.

The Northern and Central regions of Vietnam are experiencing a severe heat wave with daytime temperature reaching a record high in August, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.