(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi’s Department of Health on Wednesday sent an urgent dispatch to the centres for disease control and health centres of districts and towns to conduct COVID-19 testing on 10,000 people.

(VOVWORLD) - Additional 805 COVID-19 infections were reported from 6pm on Wednesday to 6am on Thursday, including four imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese national football squad will play a series of games in the third and final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, Asian region, at My Dinh national stadium in Hanoi, a representative of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) confirmed late on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - From 12 noon to 6 pm on Wednesday, Vietnam confirmed an additional 829 cases of COVID-19, raising the day’s tally to 2,934.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has asked Philippine Ambassador Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre to coordinate towards considering signing a cooperation agreement between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives. He made the statement at a reception for the Philippine ambassador in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attended the Special ASEAN-US Foreign Ministerial Meeting held virtually on Wednesday co-chaired by Lao Foreign Minister Saleumsay Kommasith and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said Vietnam has administered more than 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, in which 283,000 people have had double doses.

(VOVWORLD) - A UN report shows that around one in three countries are not yet implementing remedial programs to help students catch up on their learning, in the wake of school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) -President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis have discussed practical ways to boost bilateral ties during their telephone conversation on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue held an online talk with Singapore's Parliament Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin on Wednesday.