UN Women in Vietnam and the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs’ Council held an online ceremony on May 19 to launch the 2021 Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Award.

Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa reported on May 19 that they busted a drug trafficking ring from Laos and confiscated 10kg of meth.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has initiated plans to set up a national COVID-19 vaccine fund in an effort to ensure the necessary financial resources are available for the future purchase of vaccines for domestic use.

Universal Robots (UR), Denmark-based collaborative robots (cobots) manufacturer, has advised Vietnam’s manufacturing industry leaders to implement cobots to address skills and labour shortage as well as achieve higher productivity.

Only around 83,320 ninth grade students in Ho Chi Minh City will sit the 10th grade entrance examinations, and the remaining 16,245 have not registered for the exam, the municipal Department of Education and Training has said.

The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association Central Committee has presented more than VND600 million (US$26,000) and 225,000 face masks to help Laos fight COVID-19.

Authorities of the northern province of Ninh Binh has decided to cancel the Tourism Week “Golden Colour of Tam Coc – Trang An” due to the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - A COVID-19 patient suffering from liver cancer has died at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, said the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 20.

VOV.VN - The administration of northern Bac Giang province has imposed social distancing on its capital, Bac Giang city, and established medical quarantine zones in several other localities as the fresh coronavirus outbreak has yet to show signs of abating.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 19 requested all localities to be on high alert as the COVID-19 pandemic is creeping in the community, and stay ready to immediately zone off and quarantine any new infections.

The Vietnamese government’s COVID-19 management systems kicked back into full swing as the number of domestically-transmitted infection has risen quickly these days, according to an article posted on Australia’s devpolicy.org website on May 19.

Politburo member and Standing Vice Chairman of the NA Tran Thanh Man on May 19 visited Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu, Vice Standing Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), and other Buddhist dignitaries on the occasion of Buddha’s 2565th birthday and the 40th founding anniversary of the VBS.

A new study has confirmed the important roles and significant contributions of female deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils during the 2016-2021 term, and called on voters to select competent and qualified candidates, regardless of their gender.

VOV.VN - The nation recorded a total of 175 new community cases of COVID-19 during the course of the past 24 hours, with Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, two current biggest hotspots, recording 98 and 47, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on May 19.

VOV.VN - The local authorities of Loc Ha district in Ha Tinh province have released a rare sea turtle that was accidentally caught by a local fisherman back into the ocean so it can return to its natural habitat.

VOV.VN - Hanoi is due to host the 25th conference of the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) through both an online and in-person format from June 20 to June 25, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VOV.VN - COVID-19 cases found in the Japanese-invested Hosiden Vietnam Co., Ltd in Quang Chau Industrial Park pose a great danger as all workers could be infected with the virus, according to the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Bac Giang province.

VOV.VN - At the ASEAN Committee in Bern (ACB) activity programme, Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Le Linh Lan and a diplomats from ASEAN members held a virtual working session with Swiss-based biotech conglomerate Roche Group to discuss co-operation in the COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases has discovered two new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the country after sequencing the genes of samples taken from local novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.

Various activities have been held by overseas Vietnamese over the past few days to celebrate the 131st birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - 2021).

Standing member of the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Social Affairs Le Thi Nguyet and standing member of the NA Committee for External Relations Le Thu Ha attended a virtual meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights on May 18.

On Ho Chi Minh Square in Russia’s capital city of Moscow there is a monument of Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh which has been a popular place for public gathering of Vietnamese people on special occasions.

VOV.VN - The number of domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases in Vietnam has amounted to 3,108, with 36 new cases confirmed over six hours to midday May 19, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The nations has finalized the first stage of human trials on COVIVAC, the second locally-produced novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, with this phase featuring the participation of 120 volunteers.

VOV.VN - Regardless of measures aimed at tackling the spread of COVID-19 pandemic being implemented by authorities in Hanoi, a bustling atmosphere can still be easily found in many makeshift markets across the capital.

President Ho Chi Minh’s vision and his important role in struggles for independence of African countries and their fight against racism has been highlighted in radio programme “The Taylor Report” hosted by Phil Taylor, which often discusses topics related to war and peace.

VOV.VN - An additional 30 new local infections, with all in quarantine and lockdown areas, and one imported case from Belgium were confirmed by the Health Ministry on May 19 morning.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has handed over medical supplies worth VND1.8 billion (US$78,320) to help the India government and people battle COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to purchase 31 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from manufacturer Pfizer/BioNtech of the United States under a deal to be signed shortly between the two sides, according to sources from the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - An additional 48 people have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the past six hours, raising the daily caseload to 152, the Ministry of Health said in its 18.00hrs COVID-19 update on May 18.