(VOVWORLD) - From 6 am to 12 noon on Thursday, Vietnam confirmed an additional 355 cases of COVID-19 in 16 provinces and cities.

(VOVWORLD) - Additional 314 new COVID-19 cases were added to the national tally from 7.30pm on Wednesday to 6am on Thursday, raising the caseload to 23,385 which include 1,891 imported cases.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has decided to impose social distancing with stricter anti-coronavirus measures over two weeks, starting on Friday, as its daily count of infections continuously breaks the record.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a decree requiring intensified efforts to strengthen COVID-19 prevention and control amidst surging infection cases in Ho Chi Minh City and adjacent localities.

(VOVWORLD) - As the COVID-19 pandemic has raged, one of the most effective countermeasures has been digital technology. The Vietnamese government has adjusted its pandemic motto from “5K+vaccine” to “5K+vaccine+technology.” The 5K rules include face masks, disinfection, distancing, no large gatherings, and health declarations

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s high school graduation exams are underway on Wednesday and Thursday for nearly one million students with strict COVID-19 measures in place.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 6 am to 12 noon on Wednesday, Vietnam reported 400 more COVID-19 cases and Ho Chi Minh City continued to have the most with 347 cases.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea will exempt the mandatory two-week quarantine, starting Thursday, for travelers from overseas, including Vietnam, if they are fully vaccinated, said the Korea Herald last week.

(VOVWORLD) - The White House on Tuesday said Vietnam will receive 2 million doses of Moderna vaccine from the Biden-Harris administration this week.

(VOVWORLD) - Nearly one million Vietnamese high-school graders began their special graduation exams on Wednesday amid the COVID-19 threats in many cities and provinces nationwide.