VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded an additional 2,823 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, marking an increase of 300 cases compared to the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health on May 11.

Hydroelectric reservoirs' water levels are lower than annual averages, according to a May 10 report from Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), and 10 are either close to or under the 'dead level'.

The University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City has signed an agreement with Australia’s Deakin University to optimise the study abroad journey.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung and his Indonesian counterpart Johnny G. Plate on May 10 agreed to promote cooperation between agencies and businesses of Vietnam and Indonesia in information and communications.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to UN Women Representative in Vietnam Elisa Fernandez, during a ceremony in Hanoi on May 10.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has voiced its strong objection to China’s unilateral fishing ban in the East Sea and said it has no legal force.

A liaison board for the Vietnamese community in South Africa made its first public appearance at a ceremony held at the Vietnamese Embassy in Pretoria on May 9.

VOV.VN - The women’s association of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan attended the 45th charity fair of the Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (ALFS) in Tokyo, Japan, on May 10.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has instructed its Consular Department to contact the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam and ask for support in assisting the Vietnamese citizens among the over 1,000 forced labourers recently rescued in Pampanga province of the archipelago nation.

The Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Technology Application under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration (VNMHA) on May 9 received and put into operation an X-band radar from a Japanese company serving early warning of heavy rains in Hanoi and surrounding areas.