HCMC accounted for 65 of the new cases, followed by Hung Yen (eight), Bac Giang (two) and Bac Kan (one).

Women wait for their turn to enter Binh Thoi Market in District 11, HCMC, June 26, 2021.

In HCMC, 43 of the new cases had contact with Covid-19 patients, 19 are linked to a cluster at the Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park in Cu Chi District, one is related to a clothing store in District 1 and two others are being contact traced.

In Hung Yen, five cases had contact with Covid-19 patients and three are linked to a company in Yen My District.

Two cases in Bac Giang were detected in a quarantine zone and a locked down area.

The case in Bac Kan is that of a 40-year-old woman linked to the outbreak at the Quang Chau Industrial Park in Bac Giang.

In the new Covid-19 wave sweeping the country for two months now, Vietnam has recorded infections in 48 cities and provinces and 40 deaths.

Two Covid patients die in northern Vietnam

Vietnam recorded two Covid-19 deaths in the northern province of Bac Giang Thursday, both men in their 80s.

More donors contribute to national Covid-19 vaccine fund

The national Covid-19 vaccine fund received over VND 6.6 billion from 17 sponsors at a ceremony on June 24.

PM: Vietnam must be able to produce Covid-19 vaccines no later than June 2022

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested accelerating the transfer of vaccine production technology and the testing and production of home-grown vaccine for Covid-19, so that Vietnam will be able to produce Covid-19 vaccines no later than June 2022.

Vietnam's new Covid wave infection tally crosses 11,000

Vietnam recorded 79 more local Covid-19 cases in nine localities Friday morning, raising the number of patients recorded in the ongoing wave to 11,014.

Vietnam records 37 more domestic Covid-19 patients

The infection tally of Vietnam's new Covid-19 wave rose to 10,694 on Thursday morning with 37 new cases added.

Source: VnExpress