(VOVWORLD) - Since the 4th wave of COVID-19 hit Vietnam in late April, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) has allocated 53 million USD to frontline forces and one million workers impacted by the pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi on Wednesday began the second phase of mass COVID-19 testing targeting 13 high-risk groups of people through the RT-PCR method.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 9,605 cases of COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, bringing the country's total count to nearly 300,000, according to the Health Ministry.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged for greater efforts to quickly contain the COVID-19 epidemic in severely affected localities while maintaining socio-economic development and protecting people’s lives.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed the Prime Minister’s Dispatch on COVID-19 prevention and control, which asks the People’s Committees of central cities and provinces under social distancing orders to base their decision whether to continue distancing measures on the local situation.

(VOVWORLD) - The world had recorded 208.7 million COVID-19 infections as of Tuesday noon, with 4.38 million deaths, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The Polish government will send COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam on non-profit priciples, according to Chief of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland Michał Dworczyk.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam intends to accelerate vaccine diplomacy to acquire the most vaccine doses, treatment drugs, and medical supplies in the shortest time.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 8,652 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, raising the national count to more than 283,000.

(VOVWORLD) - As COVID-19 continues to ravage Vietnam, private hospitals in HCM city have assisted the public health sector in response to the municipal administration’s call for everyone to help fight the pandemic.