(VOVWORLD) - From 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday to 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Vietnam reported 2,787 new cases, of which 12 were imported and the rest were locally-transmitted, Ho Chi Minh City had most cases with 1,739.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City's biggest challenge is how to reduce the rate of mild cases progressing to severe and to very severe cases, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Monday. He urged the city‘s preparedness for the situation where the number of positive cases continues to rise, despite efforts to send back to community infected cases which are no longer a risk of transmission.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh Monday sent a letter of thanks to Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen for Cambodia’s support for Ho Chi Minh City to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry announced 2,640 cases of coronavirus on Tuesday evening, bringing the total count in the day to 4,795.

(VOVWORLD) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Southeast Asia later this month, the Pentagon said, a trip that will include stops in the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Lawmakers elected Chairman of the 14th National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue as Chairman of the 15th legislature on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded more than 2,100 new infections of COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, bringing the total number of cases in Vietnam to more than 60,000.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam has asked the Ministry of Health to draft a plan for establishing a national vaccine institute and a research center for vaccine technology transfer.

(VOVWORLD) - ISIS claimed responsibility early on Tuesday for a suicide bombing that ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital before the Eid Al Adha holiday celebration, killing at least 35 people.

(VOVWORLD) - VOV Bacsi 24, an application for online medical consultations, has received positive feedback from thousands of users since its release four years ago and has become more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic.