Hanoi leads the country in the number of people installing the Bluezone contact-tracing app with 3.1 million downloads, followed by Ho Chi Minh City with 2.8 million.

VOV.VN - As many as 111 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in three localities in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, with nearly half of the caseload detected in Ho Chi Minh City alone.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) handed over 1,500 COVID-19 test kits to the Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 31 as part of an effort to help put the spread of the virus in northern Vietnam under control.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of 82 further new cases of COVID-19 community transmissions over the past six hours to 6 pm May 31, thereby raising the daily infection tally to 211.

The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) at the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has called for support from domestic and foreign organisations and individuals to help Vietnamese children overcome the challenges from COVID-19.

VOV.VN - A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patient in the northern province of Bac Ninh has received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a sophisticated form of therapy that is used to save the lives of patients in a critical condition.

VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has sent a dispatch requesting that Noi Bai International Airport and local airlines suspend passenger entry from June 1 as part of efforts to bolster the nation’s measures against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will work in co-ordination with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to launch a pilot scheme for the digital health app IATA Travel Pass, with the project set to get underway on June 1.

VOV.VN - Employees in the northern province of Bac Ninh, the nation’s second largest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspot, will live and work at their factories, with this policy starting from June 2.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked authorities and relevant forces to work hard to prevent COVID-19 in lockdown areas in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang from spreading to safe areas or adjacent localities.

VOV.VN - The Center for Disease Control of Binh Duong province confirmed the detection of an additional four novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on May 31, with these being linked to community cases found in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - As the nation’s largest metropolitan area, urban life in Ho Chi Minh City has ground to a halt following local authorities imposing social distancing measures due to a sharp recent rise in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.

VOV.VN - A total of 68 fresh local cases of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were detected between 6 a.m. and midday on May 31, taking the total number of infections to 5,733, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - As many as 61 domestic cases were detected to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in three Vietnamese localities, including 43 in Bac Giang, 15 in Hanoi and 3 in Lang Son, the Ministry of Health reported on May 31 morning.

The Border Station of the Lao Cai International Border Gate and the Office of Immigration Management under the Department of Public Security of the northern province of Lao Cai on May 29 handed over 16 Chinese citizens to authorities of Hekou district in China’s Yunnan province.

An exhibition on biodiversity in Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve and Vietnamese traditional medicine was held in Italy’s Abano Terme city of Padova province on May 29.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced an additional 142 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in five localities on May 30 afternoon, including 49 cases in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is considered an advanced form of life support doctors apply to severely ill patients to save their lives. Let’s have a close look at how doctors administer the ECMO treatment for severe cases in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has logged an additional 56 locally transmitted coronavirus cases during the past six hours, mostly in Bac Giang, the country’s largest COVID-19 hotspot.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam, will take stronger measures to control the COVID-19 outbreak as soon as a social distancing order is due to come into effect as of 00.00hrs on May 31.

VOV.VN - Police of Ho Chi Minh City’s Go Vap district have decided to prosecute the Revival Ekklesia Mission Vietnam, a Christian sect, for spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the community.

VOV.VN - The education sector in Vietnam has recorded 284 COVID-19 cases, including 257 students, deputy minister of education and training Ngo Thi Minh revealed at a conference in Hanoi on May 29.

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.