(VOVWORLD) - Defending Vietnam’s national border and fighting illegal entries and the COVID-19 pandemic will be the major tasks of the border forces assigned at the online military conference on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world is in an extremely dangerous stage of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Delta variants have been found in at least 98 countries.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party Politburo has agreed to pilot the vaccine passport policy with international visitors in a number of tourist sites where the COVID-19 pandemic has been contained. Phu Quoc resort island in the southern province of Kien Giang will go first. This is a golden chance for Vietnam’s tourism sector to revive after a year-long hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But strict requirements for safety measures will be imposed.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday chaired an online meeting with leaders of eight southern localities on measures to stamp out the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City should make every effort to place its current COVID-19 outbreak under control by August, requested Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at a Saturday meeting with the municipal steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Saturday morning, the world has recorded more than 183 million COVID-19 infections, nearly 4 million have died.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 569 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday noon including 544 cases in HCMC and 1 imported case.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 12 noon to 6.30 pm on Friday, Vietnam confirmed 219 new cases of COVID-19, raising the total tally of the day to 545.

(VOVWORLD) - At least 50% of all people above the age of 18 years will be injected with the COVID-19 vaccine from now until the end of this year, said the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Vaccination on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - As COVID-19 continues to spread in Vietnam, a growing number of infections and contacts, called F1, F2, F3 is putting pressure on quarantine camps. The Ministry of Health will pilot home isolation for F1 people, who have had close contact with a COVID-19 patient, to reduce overcrowding and the risk of cross-infection at quarantine sites.