More than 300 medical workers and eight tonnes of medical equipment from Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital arrived in HCM City on Thursday to help set up an intensive care centre for severe and critical COVID-19 patients.

Two officials in the south-central province of Binh Dinh have been temporarily suspended from work for playing golf while the province is practicing social distancing to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

A further 393 people have died of complications related to COVID-19, bringing Vietnam’s total number of fatalities to 2,720.

World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Vietnam Dr. Kidong Park has reaffirmed that WHO stands ready to accompany the Government of Vietnam in COVID-19 response 

After a few days of fighting Covid-19 at home, Le Van Thanh Tung was brought to the hospital in a state of respiratory failure, where he spent a 10-day treatment and sometimes thought of giving up. But he is now recovering.

The Department of Immigration has issued a notice on automatic extension of stay extension for foreigners stranded due to COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health has decided to set up 12 Covid-19 national intensive care centers in three regions with the total capacity of 7,900 ICU beds amid the complicated developments of the pandemic in Vietnam.

The HCMC Human Resources Coordination Taskforce has proposed demobilizing soldiers and using security guard companies to participate in the Covid-19 fight.

The Health Ministry reported 3,352 new COVID-19 cases, including one imported case, from 6am to 6:30pm on August 4.

According to Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC), the epidemic situation has seen positive changes, so people need to adhere to the 5K rule and social distancing measures to quickly control the number of new infections.

Vietnam has recorded 1,881 Covid-19-related deaths, with 3.1% of the cases people over 70 years old.

Two young technicians in HCM City have put the locations of 3,000 shops along with their phone numbers, and opening and closing times on an online map so that shoppers can find nearby stores more easily.

Hanoi has recently decided to use unoccupied apartments under resettlement projects as COVID-19 treatment hospitals and quarantine facilities. The move aims to prevent the spread of the novel virus, ensuring safety for the local residents.

Forty singers and theatre artists perform in an MV released on YouTube that aims to encourage people in HCM City during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Vietnam and HCM City have been receiving a great deal of medical support and vaccine donations from countries around the world to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

A total of 8,429 new COVID-19 infections were reported in Vietnam on August 3, increasing the caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 170,190, according to the Ministry of Health.

In HCM City, gateway roads were quiet on August 2. There were no more images of “motorbike caravans” with up to hundreds of people leaving the city to go to their hometown.

On August 2, an additional 3,127 patients were discharged from the hospital in HCM City, bringing the total number of people recovered to 40,973.

Nearly 50 residential areas in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai District without COVID-19 cases were marked as the “green zones” on Monday, the Tin tức (News) online newspaper reported.

Two working groups were established by the Ministry of Health Monday to facilitate COVID-19 treatment nationwide.