(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry announced 37 new infections of COVID-19 Saturday noon including 36 domestic cases.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi People’s Committee has permitted the resumption of certain outdoor physical and sport activities from Saturday, given the local COVID-19 situation basically brought under control.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung affirmed that enhancing cooperation to push back COVID-19 and promote comprehensive recovery remains the top priority, while addressing the East Asia Summit (EAS) Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of 10 ASEAN countries and the EAS partners – China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the US, India, Australia, and New Zealand.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has recorded an additional 15 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in five localities over the past 12 hours, bringing the total tally to 15,115 cases.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 12 noon to 7pm on Friday, Vietnam reported 102 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of cases of the day to 305.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Friday urged localities to tighten control of long-distance vehicles as he chaired a an online meeting between the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control and some localities.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Finance on Friday received donations worth 100 billion VND equivalent to 4.3 million USD to Vietnam's COVID-19 Vaccine Fund. The donations were sent from global groups of the Republic of Korea and Japan that are operating in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Friday chaired a Politburo meeting on policies to help workers and employers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) is scheduled to open a bad debts trading floor in the third quarter of this year.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan’s Foreign Ministry on Friday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which comprises 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – China, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.