Epicenter HCMC has expanded the list of groups allowed to go out during this period of strict lockdown.

With her painting “Vietnam niem tin chien thang” (Vietnam faith in victory), Tran Nguyen Uyen Nghi, an 8th grader from Ho Chi Minh City, won the special prize of a drawing contest on the COVID-19 pandemic, the organising board announced on August 22.

Nearly 2,000 Vietnamese exporters and importers have benefited from International Finance Corporation (IFC) trade financing, designed to help them withstand the impacts of Covid-19 and protect jobs.

10,280 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed on Monday. 

The Vietnamese Embassy in Mongolia has launched a fundraising event to assist Covid-19 prevention and control efforts in Vietnam.