Vietnam records 11,575 new COVID-19 cases on August 26
Vietnam recorded 11,575 new COVID-19 cases, including 11,569 domestic and six imported, in the past 24 hours to 6pm on August 26, the Ministry of Health announced.
Health workers go to a COVID-19 cluster in Ca Mau city of the southernmost province of the same name to collect samples (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam recorded 11,575 new COVID-19 cases, including 11,569 domestic and six imported, in the past 24 hours to 6pm on August 26, the Ministry of Health announced.
The southern province of Binh Duong posted the most new cases with 4,868, followed by Ho Chi Minh City with 3,934, Dong Nai (743), Long An (449) and Tien Giang (354).
Vietnam reported a total of 392,938 cases since the start of COVID-19. Since the fourth pandemic wave hit the country on April 27, the country has counted 388,814 cases, of which 185,714 recovered.
Also on August 26, 18,567 patients were given the all-clear from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 188,488.
Among those under treatment, 765 are being cared for in ICUs and 29 are treated with ECMO.
There were 318 deaths recorded on the same day, pushing the total death toll to 9,667, equivalent to 2.5 percent of the total infections.
A total of 18,522,203 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far, with 16,382,658 people receiving the first shots and 2,139,545 getting full two jabs./
A working delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on August 24 inspected COVID-19 fight in Thuan An city, the southern province of Binh Duong where four affected wards are being locked down.
Additional 10,811 COVID-19 cases, including 14 imported ones, were confirmed nationwide in the past 24 hours to 6pm on August 24, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam recorded 12,096 new COVID-19 cases, including 12,093 domestic and three imported, in the past 24 hours to 6pm on August 25, the Ministry of Health announced.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, inspected pandemic prevention and control work in several areas in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.
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The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
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This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Health workers go to a COVID-19 cluster in Ca Mau city of the southernmost province of the same name to collect samples (Photo: VNA) 
