VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long warned about the prospect of further COVID-19 outbreaks to occur in the community, during a working session held on May 15 in Hanoi between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Sixteen more people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the past six hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 12.00hrs update on May 15.

Vietnam needs to foster rapid and sustainable digital transformation but at the same time must ensure cyber security and safety, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung has emphasised.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese doctors are treating 14 severely ill patients with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including one at risk of mortality.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) said on May 15 morning that an additional 20 people in quarantine areas have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the six past hours.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has asked localities to tighten the management of foreign workers and consider expelling those without work permit in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 14 emphasised the spirit of readiness as COVID-19 would break out in the community anytime.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed an additional 59 locally transmitted coronavirus cases, including 33 in Bac Ninh province, a gateway to Hanoi capital.

Students in the capital city of Hanoi will take their summer break from May 15, instead of May 28.

The Swiss Party of Labour has expressed its solidarity with Vietnamese-French woman Tran To Nga and all Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims of Vietnam after a French court rejected Nga’s lawsuit seeking justice for the victims.

VOV.VN - Four out of the five Vietnamese students competing at the Nordic-Baltic Physics Olympiad (NBPhO) have won medals, including one gold, two silvers, and one bronze.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to launch the third phase of its national COVID-19 vaccination campaign over the coming days in an effort to increase the amount of local people being vaccinated against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has confirmed an additional 16 locally transmitted infections in five localities during the past six hours, according to its coronavirus update released at 12.00am.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Bac Ninh, a coronavirus hotspot close to Hanoi capital, announced on May 14 it has recorded 21 new cases during the past hours, raising the 10-day infection number in the locality to 162.

Nepalese newswire peoplesreview.com.np on May 12 ran an article praising Vietnam’s decisive steps to minimise both health and economic outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hanoi authorities have ordered 19 local hotels which provide COVID-19 quarantine services to install surveillance cameras for better monitoring.

The Vietnamese community is joining hands with the government as well as cities and provinces of Laos in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Fukuroi city in Japan Kinji Mizutani discussed ways to deal with the shortage of labourers caused by COVID-19 pandemic in Japan during their recent talks.

VOV.VN - Fifty-two foreigners who illegally entered Ho Chi Minh City have been deported, according to the HCM City police.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) said on May 14 morning that 29 Vietnamese people in four localities have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the past six hours, while nearly 1 million people have been vaccinated against the virus.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded a total of 73 new cases of local transmission and 14 imported infections on May 13, said the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s COVID-19 testing capacity has been significantly improved, with several laboratories across the country capable of handling up to 100,000 samples per day, according to figures given by representatives from the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - More than 12,400 samples taken from F1 and F2 cases linked to various novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in a number of Vietnamese localities such as Da Nang, Son La, Da Nang, and Can Tho have come back negative for the SARS-CoV-2-virus.

VOV.VN - Beer bars and bia hoi venues across Hanoi have been left deserted following the implementation of a ban issued by the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - An additional 21 cases of local transmission were confirmed by the Ministry of Health during the six hours to midday May 13, raising the total number of locally-infected cases to 664 since the virus resurged in the nation on April 27.

The US Mission to Vietnam is seeking candidates for the Fall 2021 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship on civic engagement, environmental issues and natural resource management, and social entrepreneurship and economic development.

VOV.VN - Waste disposal is an essential part of ensuring a hygienic environment in isolation areas in the coronavirus hotspot of Thuan Thanh district in the northern province of Bac Ninh and is one of the important factors in effectively curbing the disease spread.

VOV.VN - Owners of eateries located close to hospitals throughout the capital city will only be permitted to do take-away services, with this regulation set to be strictly implementing as part of the Health Ministry’s additional COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

VOV.VN - The Belgian-based multinational conglomerate Menart is currently working alongside the Vietnamese industrial developer Sonadezi Corporation to build a waste treatment plant in Vinh Cuu district in the southern province of Dong Nai.

VOV.VN - Close to 1.7 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine are due to arrive in the country on May 16, with the latest shipment being supplied by the COVAX Facility via the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).