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No new COVID-19 case was reported from 6pm of October 27 to 6am of October 28, keeping the total infections at 1,172, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Citizens’ laxation of COVID-19 preventive measures is posing a big risk to the pandemic prevention and control in the country.

The Royal Thai Army Commander in Chief, Gen Narongpan Jittkaewtae, has ordered army units in border areas to enhance the present measures that prevent illegal border crossings, and help support disease control operations at 22 border crossings.

The Vietnamese government has presented medical supplies, including 325,000 medical masks worth 20,000 USD, to Myanmar amidst COVID-19.

Vietnamese businesses exported nearly 850 million medical masks in the first eight months of this year.

Vietnamese mask manufacturer PSD on September 22 handed over 100,000 medical face masks to the Embassy of Israel in Vietnam to help Israeli people tackle COVID-19.

Thai Ambassador Tanee Sangrat handed over supplies for Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19 to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee in Hanoi on September 10.

Korean company SBI Cosmoney has presented 10,000 medical face masks to Vietnamese guest workers in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic presented 4,000 medical face masks to the Vietnamese community in the country amidst the developments of COVID-19 pandemic.

The risk of another outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is still latent, therefore, Hanoi leaders have asked local agencies to be vigilant and strengthen measures to prevent the pandemic from spreading.

Thousands of Buddhist followers flocked to Ninh Tao Pagoda in the northern province of Ha Nam for the Vu Lan Festival that falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. They wore masks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City are paying more attention to COVID-19 prevention, but some small traders and local residents are not taking necessary precautions.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Venezuela on August 27 handed over medical equipment to the host country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with 20,000 face masks from the Vietnamese National Assembly to the Venezuelan counterpart.

The Ministry of Health on August 26 launched a photo collection with the message “You’re still beautiful when wearing face masks”.

Hundreds of thousands of medical masks will be offered to the public for free from August 25 to September 30 in an effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic across Vietnam.

Nguyen Thi Thom, 52, of Chinh Gian ward, Da Nang city’s Thanh Khe district, got milk, vegetables, eggs, hand sanitiser and a mask for free at a mobile supermarket last weekend.

Standard Chartered announced on August 24 that the Garment 10 Corporation JSC (Garco 10) has become the latest to benefit from its global financing commitment of 1 billion USD to help fight COVID-19.

Many foreigners in Vietnam have joined hands with local people in the fight against COVID-19 since the recent second outbreak began in late July.

In densely populated areas and residential markets, especially on Ke Ve street (a street with heavy traffic in Dong Ngac ward, Bac Tu Liem district) in less than an hour, there are more than 10 cases of people not wearing masks that were handled by the interdisciplinary checkpoint of the police force of Dong Ngac ward.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are numerous adjustments and new regulations in organising the national high school exam this year – an unprecedented test in history.