9,521 new Covid-19 cases, 347 more deaths reported on Saturday.

Vietnam recorded 14,922 Covid-19 cases, including 28 imported ones, in the past 24 hours to 5pm on September 3, according to the Ministry of Health.

A Vietnam Airlines flight carrying 180,000 rapid Covid-19 test kits worth EUR615,000 (US$730,290) donated by Germany to Vietnam left Frankfurt airport on September 3 and is scheduled to land in Cam Ranh International Airport, south central province of Khanh Hoa, on September 4 before being handed over to Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang.

District 7, home to a large expat community, has become the first HCMC locality to bring Covid-19 under control.

Hanoi will start moving 1,200 residents from its biggest Covid-19 cluster to an isolated facility in the outskirts from Wednesday evening, officials said.