Vietnam News Today (August 31): Covid-19 caseload hits new record high with 14,224 more cases detected; Vietnam bolsters cooperation with partners in ASEAN Smart Cities Network; Largest field hospital in Hanoi to be inaugurated on September 1; HCMC shippers to get free Covid tests.
NDO/VNA – The Laos-Vietnam ties keep growing and bond the two countries’ peoples together, said Secretary and Governor of Luang Prabang province Khamkhan Chanthavisouk on August 30.
First ride-hailing company in Vietnam to provide direct cash support to active driver-partners amid the current outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NDO – The Hanoi Capital High Command on August 30 presented 1,500 gifts to needy households, workers and disadvantaged people in Dong Da district and Son Tay town to help them overcome difficulties caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
NDO - Hanoi Party Secretary Dinh Tien Dung has called for more effective and substantive enforcement of social distancing measures as the risk of COVID-19 remains high in the capital city.
NDO/VNA – Hanoi has so far offered financial aid worth nearly VND750 billion (nearly US$33.05 million) to 2.34 million disadvantaged households and people who are struggling to make ends meet because of COVID-19 impacts.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Canada held a get-together on August 27 to celebrate the 76th National Day of Vietnam (September 2)
The diplomatic sector has made great contributions to the cause of national defense, construction, and development throughout the country’s history over the past more than seven decades.
“Having sacrificed economic activities to conduct social distancing, we must achieve the goal of containing the pandemic as early as possible,” Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told a teleconference on August 29.
The new infections brought the country's total number of infections since the pandemic broke out in early 2020 to 435,132.
NDO/VNA – Vietnam secured the second place in the AK rifle team shooting category of the “True Friend” contest, part of the 2021 Army Games, in Algeria on August 28.
On August 27, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee held an online conference with a number of overseas Vietnamese associations on the contribution to support Covid-19 fight.