Ho Chi Minh City has issued work permits to 5,370 foreigners, including over 2,400 new ones, since the beginning of this year.

Eighteen new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Tuesday evening. Of those, 17 were community transmitted cases and one was imported, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced.

The border guard post at the Cang Gianh maritime border gate in the central province of Quang Binh has completed entry procedures for the Hong Kong (China) bulk carrier Amoy Dream and COVID-19 prevention and control measures for its 21 Chinese crew members.

As dozens of people test positive for COVID-19 in the central region, parts of Đà Nẵng City and Quảng Nam Province have been disinfected by the army’s chemical brigade. Disinfectant was sprayed on the streets and also in the houses of people who have contracted SARS-CoV-2.

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

Three people have died after a lorry smashed into a car which was parked at red stop lights in Hà Nội’s Long Biên District on Tuesday morning.

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.

 An eighth person has died in Việt Nam of COVID-19-related complications, the second person to die on Tuesday.

An Indian restaurant is hoping to win back customers afraid of eating out during the pandemic with a special "COVID Curry" and "Mask Naans".

Upon arrival at Cần Thơ Airport, all passengers and crew members were given health checks and quarantined.

Prosecutors in Hà Nội have launched a criminal investigation against four people accused of selling sub-standard medical suits.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang welcomed nearly 1 million visitors in July, a surge of 75.3 percent compared to the previous month.

Ha Giang city of the northernmost province of Ha Giang has been recognised as a new-style rural area, which was announced at a ceremony on August 3.

Another person has died in Việt Nam of COVID-19 related complications, taking the total amount of fatalities to seven.

Hải Đăng, 27, and Minh Thư, 34, and their group members have spent many months connecting gardens to create a “seed library”.

Police in the northern border province of Lao Cai said on August 3 that they have broken down a drug trafficking ring, seizing three suspects and 84,800 tablets of meth.