(VOVWORLD) - 33.8 million people around the world have been infected with the novel coronavirus, which has now claimed 1 million lives worldwide, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The Chinese government has donated a shipment of 320,000 medical masks to Vietnam to help the country prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the community.

(VOVWORLD) - The UK newswire The Telegraph has recently published an article, hailing Vietnam’s success in controlling the recent second wave of the coronavirus.

(VOVWORLD) - By Tuesday, Vietnam had gone 27 consecutive days with no new COVID-19 infections in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - 350 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated from the US and Japan on a Vietnam Airlines flight last weekend.

(VOVWORLD) -People who enter Ho Chi Minh city to work for 14 days or more must undergo a 6-day quarantine period at hotels or other venues permitted by the city, according to a new document issued by the city’s Center for Disease Control.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam had recorded no new COVID-19 cases as of Monday, its 26th day with no domestic transmissions, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases overnight, making the tally stay unchanged at 1,069 on Sunday morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - China's COVID-19 vaccine development programme is capable to produce over 600 million doses by the end of the year, with annual production capacity to reach at least one billion doses next year, an official from the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology told reporters at a press conference Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 infections on Saturday afternoon, leaving the tally unchanged at 1,069.