(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang city, Vietnam’s current COVID-19 hotspot, on Friday launched on a pilot scheme a database on COVID-19 patients.

(VOVWORLD) - 280 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated from the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Czech, on a flight of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on Thursday and Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has recorded 3 new COVID-19 cases, 2 in Quang Tri and 1 in Thanh Hoa province, the Health Ministry said in its Friday morning update.

(VOVWORLD) - Two people contacting previous infections in Da Nang and a woman visiting Da Nang Hospital had taken Vietnam’s COVID-19 active counts to 348 by Friday morning.

(VOVWORLD) - Local authorities must be held responsible for transmissions in hospitals, members of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said at a meeting in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese citizens abroad who wish to return home could be arranged as requested depending on the pandemic situation and quarantine capacity at home.

(VOVWORLD) - A 67-year-old woman died in Da Nang Thursday afternoon, becoming Vietnam’s second Covid-19 fatality of the day and the 10th overall. The woman died of malignant myeloma, diabetes, sepsis and Covid-19, said Nguyen Truong Son, Deputy Minister of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 220 Vietnamese citizens were brought home from Japan on a flight of budget carrier Vietjet Air on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front hosted a ceremony on Wednesday to receive 500 ventilators worth more than 5 million USD from donors.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam on Wednesday morning recorded four more COVID-19 cases including three patients from Quang Nam and one from Hanoi, all linked to Da Nang outbreak, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.