Vietnamese Fatherland Front, a political coalition organization and voluntary union of political organizations, socio-political organizations representing all classes, social strata, ethnic groups, religions and overseas Vietnamese, will collaborate with authorities in cities and provinces to organize the ceremony.

Ashes of Covid-19 victims are returned to their families in HCMC's Binh Tan District, November 3, 2021.

The event will be held online, National Assembly (NA) chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told a meeting with legislators Thursday.

"This is an issue many NA deputies have proposed."

The government, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs will collaborate with the Front to host the event, he said.

Vietnam has lost 22,765 people to the pandemic, or 2.4 percent of infections.

Deputy Nguyen Anh Tri, former head of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, had proposed a national day of mourning at an NA session Monday, adding that many countries have already done so.

Deputy Nguyen Huu Thong from the central Binh Thuan Province suggested taking April 27, the day when the fourth wave hit Vietnam, as the day of remembrance.

The wave, which has yet to be fully controlled, has been the most challenging the nation has faced.

Its infection tally has climbed to 987,758. Of this, 22,730 patients have died, including 16,887 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Health ministry plans Covid booster shots at year's end

Vietnam plans to begin giving Covid-19 booster shots either at the end of 2021 or early 2022, health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said Monday.

Bac Giang students stop going to school but keep studying amid Covid-19 pandemic

(BGO) – For ten days from October 26 to November 4, Covid-19 pandemic has outbroken at several localities in Bac Giang province including schools with severe impact on teaching and studying activities. The local authorities and educational sector have implemented various measures to reduce the consequences on the students.

Covid pandemic leaves visible scars on Vietnam

Two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have scarred Vietnam economically, dragging down major sectors' revenues and sending unemployment soaring.

Bac Giang concentrates on Covid-19 fights in IPs to secure production and supply chains

(BGO)- This wave of Covid-19 in some enterprises in the industrial parks (IPs) in the northern province of Bac Giang is evaluated a dangerous outbreak. Aiming to protect the supply chain in line with the experience in the pandemic fight so far, Bac Giang has striven to localize and rapidly contain the pandemic to maintain stable production of the enterprises in the IPs.

Covid-19: 7,504 new cases added to national tally

Vietnam recorded 7,504 new coronavirus infections, including 17 imported cases, in 60 cities and provinces across the country on November 5, an increase of 911 cases compared to the previous day.

Source: VnExpress