VOV.VN - Fifty-two more people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the past 12 hours, including 35 cases in Bac Giang and 10 cases in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on May 30 morning.

The Special Report “Youth for Climate Action in Vietnam” was launched during an online ceremony in Hanoi on May 29.

VOV.VN - A Japanese expert working for Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd. has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Hanoi, announced the Hanoi Centre for Diseases Control (CDC).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) recorded an additional 141 coronavirus cases in eight localities over the past six hours, raising the country’s daily tally of infections to 277.

VOV.VN - Northern and central provinces of Vietnam are enduring a fresh heat wave as temperatures peak at more than 38 degrees Celsius in some places, according to the national weather forecasting authority.

VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long on May 29 warned about difficulties ahead in Vietnam’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic following the detection of a new mutated strain of the virus.

The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha, on May 28, presented its donation of 33 ventilators to Indian people amid COVID-19 at a ceremony held at the Indian Embassy in Hanoi.

Minister of Heath Nguyen Thanh Long on May 28 received VND185 billion (US$8.01 million) in donations from businesses for Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed an additional 49 locally transmitted cases in Vietnam over the past six hours, including 46 cases in Bac Giang, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on May 28 held an online meeting with representatives of Zuellig Pharma that has partnered with Moderna Inc. of the United States to supply Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Asia.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced an additional 87 coronavirus infections on May 29 morning, including the first case in Bac Lieu, a Mekong Delta province that has reported the emergence of the virus.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has logged 173 new coronavirus cases during the past six hours, raising its 20-hour caseload to 253, with most cases detected in Bac Giang province, the country’s largest COVID-19 hotspot.

VOV.VN - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has decided to grant US$30.2 million in non-refundable aid to help five Vietnamese localities to mitigate climate risks.

VOV.VN - Following the detection of dozens of COVID-19 infection cases in Ho Chi Minh City linked to the Revival Ekklesia Mission, a Christian congregation in the city, a total of 18 residential areas have moved to impose local lockdowns.

VOV.VN - The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City have scrambled to take stronger measures aimed at breaking a new chain of COVID-19 transmission after dozens of locals linked to recent outbreak at Revival Ekklesia Mission were exposed to the virus.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK) on May 28 handed over 40 thermal imaging scanners as the RoK government’s gift to the Vietnamese government to assist it with the ongoing fight against the CVOID-19 pandemic.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee and the VNPT VinaPhone on May 27 launched the “#Thank you Vietnam” programme in 2021.

VOV.VN - A 22-year-old girl hailing from Phu Tho province has died of COVID-19 and other underlying illnesses in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health announced on May 28.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) , in its noon COVID-19 update on May 28, confirmed a further 40 coronavirus cases in six localities, including 36 cases in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, the country’s two largest COVID-19 hotspots.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has yet to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to foreign citizens residing and working in the country, but a spokesperson for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry has said that these vaccinations will be considered moving forward.

Officials from the Embassy of Vietnam in Israel on May 27 visited Vietnamese students living in Israel’s central city of Netivot, one of the hardest-hit places during the recent Israel-Palestine conflict in the Gaza Strip.

A webinar on higher education and postgraduate cooperation between Vietnam and the UK was held on May 27 by the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and the Vietnam-UK Friendship Network (VUFN).

Authorities will persuade religious establishments to suspend activities as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, an official has said.

VOV.VN - A total of 34 children aged 3 to 5 have been put into isolation at a kindergarten in Bac Giang province, the country’s largest COVID-19 hotspot, after coming into contact with a classmate who has since tested positive for COVID-19.

The central city of Da Nang has maintained its leading position in terms of readiness for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) development and application, topping the Vietnam ICT Index rankings for another year in 2020.

VOV.VN - In a tight personal protective suit, healthcare workers have worked hard, especially in hot weather condition, taking samples for COVID-19 testing in Bac Giang, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has recently recommended the Government use its VND62 trillion (USS$2.6 billion) aid package to support workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Bac Giang remains the country’s largest COVID-19 hotspot, recording 30 out of 40 more cases announced by the Ministry of Health on May 28 morning.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 27 requested the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to continue speeding up the implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures to prevent the pandemic from spreading to other industrial zones.

VOV.VN - The nation recorded a total of 227 fresh domestic COVID-19 cases, and three imported infections on May 27, with the hotspots of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh continuing to register a growing number of local transmissions at 128 and 52.