(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported eight new cases of COVID-19 over the past 12 hours to 6am on Thursday, all being patients of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Dong Anh.

(VOVWORLD) - Given the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic with the emergence of new variants of the virus, the Ministry of Health has decided to extend the period of concentrated quarantine for imported cases and those with close contact with SARS-CoV-2 positive cases in Vietnam. The quarantine period will last 21 days instead of 14 days.

(VOVWORLD) - Localities across Vietnam have acted aggressively against the coronavirus as new locally transmitted cases have been on the rise.

(VOVWORLD) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration opened the first field intensive care unit (ICU) facility on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Cinemas, gyms and stadiums as well as spas and massage parlors in Hanoi have been asked to close down as from 00:00 hours on Wednesday due to complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in the capital city.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 infections in the past 12 hours to 6am on Wednesday, making the nation’s tally unchanged at 2,996 with 1,608 locally-transmitted cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has requested related agencies to apply information technology to better monitor people entering Vietnam from abroad.

(VOVWORLD) - Three COVID-19 patients in northern Vietnam have been infected with an Indian mutant of the novel coronavirus, marking the nation's first community transmissions with this strain, VnExpress reported.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 10 imported cases and one locally-transmitted case of COVID-19 on Tuesday evening.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s aid for Laos in the COVID-19 combat was handed over in Vientiane capital city on Tuesday.