NDO/VNA – Vietnam reported 22 new COVID-19 cases and two fatalities on August 13 evening, raising the total infection cases to 905 and death toll to 20. 

NDO – Twelve COVID-19 patients, including an eight-month-old baby, were declared to have fully recovered on August 13. 

NDO - VinSmart Research and Manufacturer Joint Stock Company (a member of the Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup) announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Medtronic PLC on August 12 on the production of components for Medtronic ventilators. 

NDO – A recovered patient from the US was among the first 17 people to have volunteered to donate their convalescent plasma to facilitate the treatment of other COVID-19 patients in Vietnam. 

NDO/VNA - Three new coronavirus infections were confirmed in Vietnam on August 13 morning, lifting the national tally to 883, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. 

NDO/VNA – Fourteen new COVID-19 infection cases were confirmed on August 12 evening, including one in Hanoi and 13 others related to Da Nang city, reported the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. 

NDO/VNA – Three more COVID-19 patients, two in Quang Ngai and one in Da Nang, were declared to have fully recovered from the disease on August 12, bringing the number of recoveries in Vietnam to 402. 

NDO – The Ministry of Health has urged local authorities across the nation to strengthen supervision and step up measures to prevent COVID-19 cross-infection in local medical facilities. 

NDO – Those who have been tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 using rapid test should not be subjective as the method may lead to false results, Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Tri has affirmed. 

NDO/VNA – The Health Ministry announced that 16 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the past 12 hours, bringing the total number to 863 as of 6 pm on August 11.  

NDO/VNA - The central city of Da Nang, now Vietnam’s major COVID-19 hotspot, will continue with social distancing measures in line with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s Directive No 16/CT-TTg dated March 31. 

NDO/VNA – Hanoi is striving to complete the implementation of RT-PCT testing ahead of August 20 for 75,000 people who visited the central city of Da Nang and returned to Hanoi from July 15, according to a leading official. 

NDO/VNA - Vietnam recorded six more COVID-19 cases on August 10 afternoon, bringing the national tally to 847, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. 

NDO – The first four COVID-19 patients in Da Nang have been confirmed as recovered from the new outbreak in the central coastal city on Monday (Aug 10).