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Society

-- A 64-year-old patient in the northern province of Bac Giang and an 85-year-old patient in Ho Chi Minh City have recently died from coronavirus-related complications, raising Vietnam's COVID-19 death toll to 80, the National Steering Committee for COVID​-19 Prevention and Control reported on Tuesday night.

-- Vietnam on Wednesday morning reported 94 new cases of COVID-19 in six provinces and cities, increasing the country’s tally to 16,507, according to the Ministry of Health.

-- Vietnam had administered a total of 3,593,970 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of 4:00 pm Tuesday, with 91,228 people being vaccinated on Tuesday alone, according to the Ministry of Health. The number of people who have completed two doses is 182,481.

-- People who travel to the southern province of Dong Nai from neighboring Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province from 0:00 on July 5 are required to have a negative COVID-19 test certificate within seven days, as part of the province’s stronger effort to curb the spread of the pandemic.

-- My Tho City in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has followed social distancing measures under the prime minister’s Directive No. 16 from Wednesday until further notice.

Business

-- The Vietnam Electricity Group on Tuesday signed a credit agreement worth 74.7 million euros (US$82.6 million) with the French Development Agency to develop the expanded Ialy hydropower plant in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai, the Vietnam News Agency reported the same day

Lifestyle

-- The 22nd version of the Vietnam Film Festival is scheduled to take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue between September 12 and September 16, featuring the best local movies released over the past two years, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday.

World news

-- Italy reported 42 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday against 28 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 679 from 389, according to Reuters.

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