(VOVWORLD) - Italy is willing to share its experience in treating COVID-19 and wants to promote cooperation with Vietnam on research and training to prepare for pandemic emergencies, said Mario Balzanelli, head of Italy’s Emergency System 118, at a meeting between Medical Team 118 and Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Nguyen Thi Bich Hue on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Tuesday, there had been over 226 million COVID-19 infections and 4.6 million deaths in the world, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 11,172 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, according to the Health Ministry.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the Mekong Delta provinces of Tien Giang and Kien Giang to control the COVID-19 pandemic by September 30.

(VOVWORLD) - HCM city, Vietnam’s current largest COVID-19 hotspot, will basically continue strict social distancing rules under Directive 16 until the end of September, municipal Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc said Sunday night.

(VOVWORLD) - The rate of people infected with COVID-19 in high-risk and very high-risk areas fell from 3.6% and 2.7% to 1.3% of people who have been tested so far, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health said Vietnam recorded 11,478 COVID-19 cases, including nine imported ones, in the last 24 hours as of 5 pm on Sunday

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will receive more than 103 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of this year, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has said.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, the world has recorded nearly 440,000 new COVID-19 cases and 7,500 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to more than 225 million infections.

(VOVWORLD) -An additional 11,932 COVID-19 infections, including 5 imported cases, were recorded in the last 24 hours to 5pm on Saturday, raising the national tally to 601,349, the Ministry of Health announced.