Two flights will be organised to carry about 400 tourists back to HCM City and Hà Nội later this week, Đà Nẵng's tourism promotion centre confirmed yesterday, stating that it has been tracking tourists stranded in Đà Nẵng after the social distancing orders began from July 26.

A British man has been jailed for two years by a court in Hà Nội for trafficking drugs.

The 48-year-old Đặng Thị Thu Hà has worked at the Hoà Minh Ward Health Centre for nearly 20 years.

Việt Nam has completely halted the use of Hydroxychloroquine, the controversial antimalaria drug touted by US President Donald Trump, in its treatment of COVID-19 patients and instead opted for plasma from recovered cases.

The Vietnamese workers had been stranded in the African country, with nearly half of them confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2.