Trade unions at different levels have strived their best to implement lots of activities to help workers to overcome challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hà Nội authority has paid more attention to the work of collection, transportation and treatment of household waste in the city, especially in residential areas where COVID-19 patients or people suspected of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 reside.

The HCM City Department of Transport has adjusted operations at ferry terminals to ensure compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures.

HCM City continues imposing city-wide social distancing measures under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16 for an additional 14 days from 0:00 on August 2.

Việt Nam’s total COVID-19 cases reached 154,360 cases on Sunday after the Ministry of Health reported  a daily increase 8,620 new cases. The national tally just exceeded 100,000 mark on Monday morning.

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More than 365,000 labourers, business households and traders in traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City have benefited from COVID-19 support packages.

Safety profiles of Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) and mRNA-based vaccines were found to be similar and overall favourable, according to a study.

Ho Chi Minh City continues imposing city-wide social distancing measures under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16 for an additional 14 days from 0:00 on August 2.

The General Department of Logistics under the Ministry of Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 1 to set off medical staff of the COVID-19 treatment hospital 5D to support Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring Binh Duong province in the southern region where the pandemic continues developing unpredictably.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked local authorities, which are imposing social distancing, not to let residents leave their places of residence for another locality after July 31 until the end of social distancing in his latest dispatch.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has called on cities and provinces to include employers in the trucking and logistics industries in the priority list for COVID-19 vaccination.

More than 1,200 workers, who are from Bình Thuận and Ninh Thuận southern provinces and are working in Đồng Nai Province, have been led way to come back to their home town to avoid COVID-19 pandemic.

Education and Training Minister Nguyễn Kim Sơn talks to the Government Portal about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the education sector.

COVID-19 update

Commemorating a national day is an exceptional event for any country. On August 1, Swiss nationals in Switzerland and all over the world proudly remember the founding of their country in 1291.

An additional 145 deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded around Việt Nam on Saturday. Of those, 90 were from HCM City, 47 in Tiền Giang, four in Đồng Tháp, two in Long An, one in Trà Vinh and one in Quảng Nam.

COVID-19 update

One million doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine Vero Cell have arrived in HCM City on Saturday, as part of the five million doses deal, the health ministry announced.