Leaders of Cư Kuin District’s Party Committee told Vietnam News Agency that as of Sunday noon, the authorities have successfully apprehended six individuals involved in the firearms attack on the communal police headquarters and have rescued two hostages.
Vietnam records 31 new Covid-19 community transmissions
By Le Nga  February 11, 2021 | 07:13 pm GMT+7
Noi Bai Airport staff line up for Covid-19 tests on February 9, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
The Health Ministry confirmed 31 new Covid-19 community transmissions in four localities Thursday evening, Hai Duong still accounting for the majority.
The northern province, the biggest Covid-19 hotspot at the moment, hosts 27 of the 31 new cases. Its neighbor Quang Ninh has two and Hanoi and the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have one each. Patient 2110 is a two-month-old boy in Hanoi’s Me Linh District who has been in quarantine since January 31. On February 10, he developed a fever and his sample has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. He is being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases 2 in the capital city.
Vietnam confirms another 14 domestic Covid-19 cases
By Le Nga  January 31, 2021 | 07:10 am GMT+7
Health authorities reported 14 new community transmissions of Covid-19 Sunday morning as Vietnam s latest outbreak spread to eight localities with 221 cases.
One of the new cases is a 29-year-old woman from the northern province of Bac Ninh, wife of patient 1565 and mother of patient 1562. All three cases are related to Chi Linh Town in Hai Duong Province, Vietnam s biggest Covid-19 hotspot at present.
Bac Ninh has recorded three infections in the latest outbreak, which began last Thursday.
The northern province of Hoa Binh recorded two cases in Tan Lac District and Hoa Binh Town.
Health authorities reported 14 new community transmissions of Covid-19 Sunday morning as Vietnam s latest outbreak spread to eight localities with 221 cases. - VnExpress International
Saturday, January 30, 2021, 16:28 GMT+7
A sign shows a quarantine zone in Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, January 30, 2021. Photo: N.N. / Tuoi Tre
Authorities in Gia Lai Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region, have placed a commune and award in lockdown as there have been five community cases of COVID-19 announced in the locality in total on Saturday.
Gia Lai deputy chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich confirmed on Saturday afternoon three more infections in the province, including two in Ia Pa District and one in Ayun Pa Town.
The three new patients attended a wedding party in Ia Ma Ron Commune, Ia Pa District on January 21 with a man who, together with his wife, tested positive for the coronavirus as the wife had come into close contact with patient No. 1,612 in the now epicenter of northern Hai Duong Province.