(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 5 p.m. on Friday to 5 p.m. on Saturday, 9,373 new infections were recorded on the National COVID-19 Case Management System. 13 cases were imported and 9,360 cases were locally-transmitted. Ho Chi Minh City confirmed most cases: 4,237 and Binh Duong 2,877 cases.

(VOVWORLD) - 7,000 computers, tablets, and smartphones and 10,000 data SIM cards have been donated in response to a call by the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Hanoi chapter to aid disadvantaged children in online learning.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Friday asked the southern province of Kien Giang to strive to reduce the mortality rate of COVID-19, strictly adhere to social distancing rules, facilitate the smooth circulation of goods, promote the role of the community COVID Team and grassroots police to quickly return to the new normal.

(VOVWORLD) - The world recorded a total of 228.3 million cases of COVID-19, including nearly 4.7 million deaths as of Saturday, according to statistics site worldometers.info. In the past 24 hours, the world recorded an additional 560 thousand new cases and 8,400 new deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - 11,521 new infections were recorded in Vietnam from 5:00 p.m. on Thursday to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, said the Ministry of Health. 15 cases were imported and 11,506 cases were locally-transmitted, Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong reported nearly 10,000 cases.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam inspected COVID-19 prevention and control in the southern province of Tien Giang, where there have been reports about the decline of infection cases.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked that the dossier for the homegrown NanoCovax vaccine be completed and submitted for emergency licensing, according to the Government Office.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said the Government will prioritize vaccines for Binh Duong province to create herd immunity.

(VOVWORLD) - All diplomats attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week will have to provide proof of vaccination, the city government confirmed on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 10,489 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours to 5pm Thursday, taking the total number of infections to 656,129, according to the Ministry of Health.