(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday urged local governments to pay people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and set new rules requiring federal workers to provide proof of vaccination or face regular testing, mask mandates and travel restrictions.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's ongoing coronavirus outbreak continues to spread with 4,987 new domestic infections confirmed Friday morning in 20 localities, including 2,740 in HCM city.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 7,594 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 2,877 of them were recorded in HCM City, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Hoc Mon and Cu Chi districts in Ho Chi Minh City to encourage frontliners and the public in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is one of the countries that have been most successful in containing the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to a united effort by the political system and the public. Since the 4th wave of the pandemic began to surge in April, the Vietnamese government has stepped up its efforts to keep the pandemic contained.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Thursday morning, the world had recorded more than 196.6 million COVID-19 cases and 4.2 million deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - Major General Nguyen Dinh Tien, Deputy Commander of Military Zone 5, on Wednesday inspected the construction of the Ministry of National Defense’s field hospital No.4 in Khanh Hoa province.

(VOVWORLD) - According to the Ministry of Health, from 7 p.m. on Wednesday to 6 a.m. on Thursday, the National System of COVID-19 Case Management recorded 2,821 new cases, of which 1,715 cases were reported in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOVWORLD) - The British Government on Wednesday announced an aid of 415 thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(VOVWORLD) - From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Vietnam recorded 3,698 new COVID-19 cases: 1 imported case and 3,697 domestic cases. Ho Chi Minh City reported 2,334 cases, down by half compared to Tuesday evening.