(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health has proposed that all non-essential activities, entertainment and festive activities in localities with a high risk of COVID-19 resurgence be suspended during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Sunday signed a dispatch requesting localities to ramp up COVID-19 precautions and push for early detection of the Omicron variant, which is spreading fast around the world and is virtually certain to enter Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - A gala was broadcast live from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to honor outstanding Vietnamese soldiers in the fight against COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - People who have been in close contact with COVID-19 patients, or F1 cases, are allowed to self-quarantine at home for seven days if they have been fully vaccinated, or have recovered from the disease in the last six months, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Thailand is considering reinstating mandatory quarantine for foreign visitors due to concerns over the spread of Omicron, as the health ministry reported on Monday the country's first case of local transmission of the coronavirus variant.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Sunday signed an official dispatch of the Prime Minister on strengthening the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic, which orders tighter measures to prevent the new variant Omicron from entering Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 16,110 new cases of COVID-19, of which 17 were imported and 16,093 were recorded domestically in 60 provinces and cities from 6pm on Saturday to 6pm on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The world had recorded more than 274.5 million COVID-19 infections as of Sunday, with more than 5.36 million deaths, according to worldometer.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry has ordered localities to review all entries to Vietnam, beginning November 28, who were tested positive to the coronavirus within 14 days and work with the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Pasteur Institute for gene sequencing to detect the Omicron variant.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam recorded 15,895 new infections, of which 12 were imported and 15,883 were recorded domestically in 60 provinces and cities for 24 hours until 4pm on Saturday.