VGP - The Directorate of Vocational Education and Training under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Republic of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in vocational training in Ha Noi on August 21.

VGP – Viet Nam ran a trade surplus of US$10 billion between January to August 15 this year as trade has bounced back, according to the Viet Nam Customs.

VGP – Viet Nam confirmed no new cases of coronavirus infection this morning, said the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VGP – The Ministry of Health has asked medical facilities to ensure enough health workers at departments of emergency, infectious and tropical diseases and extensive care units so that patients’ family members do not need to visit hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic time.

VGP – Up to 19.4 million people out of 76.8 million smartphone users have downloaded Bluezone, a domestically developed contact-tracing mobile app to alert people who have interacted with COVID-19 patients, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

VGP – The number of positive COVID-19 patients in Viet Nam remained at 989 as of 6:00 am of August 19, the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported.

VGP – An addition of 19 more COVID-19 patients were declared fully recovered at the Ha Noi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on Tuesday afternoon, including 18 returning from Equatorial Guinea and one returnee from Bangladesh.

VGP – The Ministry of Health reported a 51-year old woman in Da Nang died of COVID-19 and other diseases, taking Viet Nam’s COVID-19 death toll to 25.