VGP – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked ministries, sectors and localities to accelerate the periodic self-assessment of their anti-COVID-19 measures as well as update of information on the map of safe living with the pandemic, starting from medical facilities, schools and accommodation establishments to means of traffic, shopping centers and factories.

VGP - Viet Nam confirmed 28 imported cases of Covid1-9 from December 21-27, raising the patient tally to 1,441 while 34 patients were declared free of the virus.

VGP – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged fast contact tracing of those who came in contact with Covid-19 patient numbered 1,440 in order to prevent spread of the virus to communities.

VGP - Viet Nam repatriated 2,280 citizens from Japan, the Republic of Korea, the U.S., the United Kingdom, Israel, Oman, Australia, New Zealand and Russia from December 21-27, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.