NDO/VNA – No new cases of COVID-19 were reported on July 4, leaving the total number of confirmed cases at 355, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control. 

NDO/VNA – More than 350 Vietnamese citizens from Australia and New Zealand were brought home safe and sound on July 3. 

NDO - The Ministry of Education and Training recently launched a start-up contest for students in 2020 (SV Start-up 2020). 

NDO – More than 1.9 million quality helmets will be presented to first grade students in the new school year 2020-2021, aimed at increasing the rate of children wearing standard helmets to 80% this year. 

NDO/VNA – A new secondary school has been recently inaugurated in Bounneua district in Laos’ Phongsaly province as a gift from the Vietnamese Government, the Vientiane Times reported on its July 3 issue. 

NDO/VNA – Up to 98.6% of mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited communes accessed electricity in 2019, according to outcomes of a census released in Hanoi on July 3. 

NDO – There are only 12 active COVID-19 patients in Vietnam as the country has gone through 79 consecutive days without new infections in the community as of Saturday morning (July 4). 

NDO – The third meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Advisory Council on Dangerous Drugs (AIPACODD 3) was recently held in Hanoi via video conference under the theme “Turning words into action towards a drug-free ASEAN community”. 

NDO/VNA – Nearly 200 Vietnamese citizens from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives were brought home safe and sound on July 2-3. 

NDO – As many as 270 experts from the Republic of Korea (RoK) landed at Cat Bi International Airport in Hai Phong on July 2 and were then placed under a 14-day quarantine period. 

NDO – An art programme entitled ‘Pride of the city named after Uncle Ho’ was held on July 2, marking 44 years since Saigon-Gia Dinh City was officially named after President Ho Chi Minh (July 2, 1976-2020). 

NDO – Vietnam continues to tighten the management of border routes and entry to the country to not let COVID-19 spread in the community, despite the fact that the nation has entered its 78th consecutive day free of local coronavirus infections. 

NDO – Four more COVID-19 patients have been given the all-clear at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on July 2, bringing the total number of recoveries in Vietnam to 340.