NDO/VNA - The Government has supplemented VND5.1 trillion (US$221.6 million) from the State budget reserve for 2021 for the Health Ministry's budget spending estimate to purchase medical equipment and supplies, biological products, chemicals and drugs for COVID-19 prevention and control, according to a decision signed by Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on August 1. 

NDO – Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen and Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long inspected the progress of COVID-19 intensive care centres in the city on August 1. 

NDO/VNA - The Ministry of Health reported 4,246 new infections of COVID-19, including 21 imported cases, from 6am to 6:30 pm on August 1, bringing the national count to 154,306. 

NDO/VNA - 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. 

NDO/VNA - 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. 

NDO/VNA - The Ministry of Health reported 4,374 new infections of COVID-19, including two imported cases, on early August 1. 

NDO/VNA – The Ministry of Health reported 4,564 new cases of COVID-19 in the 13 hours to 7 pm on July 31, including 4 imported ones, bringing the day’s tally to 8,624. 

NDO/VNA – An experience exchange on treatment and management during the COVID-19 pandemic combined with the introduction of post-COVID-19 recovery model for patients with severe pneumonia was organised at Pletnev hospital, Moscow. 

NDO/VNA – Police of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on July 30 presented gifts and medical supplies worth VND 100 million (US$ 4,300) to help their counterpart in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province fight COVID-19. 

NDO - Experts from Bach Mai Hospital and Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi are helping with the set-up of ICU centres at two field hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City for the treatment of severe COVID-19 patients. 

NDO/VNA - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on July 30 announced that it will present some medical devices for COVID-19 treatment worth about JPY120 million (US$1.1 million) to Ho Chi Minh City. 

NDO/VNA - All people above 18 years old living in Ho Chi Minh City will be vaccinated against COVID-19, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc told a meeting on July 30. 

NDO/VNA – The Ministry of Health reported 3,657 new cases of COVID-19 on July 30 evening, including 22 imported cases, bringing the day’s tally to 8,649. 

NDO – The Minister of Health has issued a decision to establish 12 intensive care centres at 12 hospitals across the nation with a scale of nearly 8,000 beds, in a bid to help in the treatment of severely-ill COVID-19 patients.