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).

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Center for Disease Control (HCDC) has identified four new cases diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus related to flight VN160 on April 29, the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and an outbreak in the capital’s Thanh Xuan district, according to the Hanoi Health Department.

A delegation of representatives from the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on May 12 visited and extended greetings to several local Buddhist establishments ahead of Lord Buddha’s 2565th birthday.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Association on May 12 presented VND500 million (roughly US$21,680) to the Cambodian Embassy in Vietnam to support Cambodian people in their fight against COVID-19.

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) has issued a statement regarding a French court’s May 10 ruling on Vietnamese-French citizen Tran To Nga’s lawsuit against US firms that manufactured the toxic AO defoliant used by US forces during the war in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 33 new local infections, with all in quarantine areas, and two additional imported cases in Long An and An Giang provinces on May 13 morning, according to the Health Ministry.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has requested that all measures be enhanced to ensure flight safety following recent cases of lasers being pointed at cockpits and objects like flycams, drones, and kites being flown near airports.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed a further 30 coronavirus cases in four localities during the past six hours, raising Vietnam’s 18-hour infection number to 82.

VOV.VN - Hanoi authorities has dissolved makeshift markets and swiftly informed citizens of the need to strictly implement COVID-19 prevention and control measures due to the complicated nature of the pandemic nationwide.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on May 12 delivered 100 portable ventilators and 50 oxygen generators worth VND14 billion to Indian representatives as part of efforts to assist the Indian Government in their ongoing COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 12 called for greater efforts to be made as part of the nation’s fight to contain the SARS-CoV-2 virus as it shows signs of spreading among industrial parks (IPs) in several localities nationwide.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Centre for Diseases Control (CDC) announced on May 12 a cleaner of Hanoi-run Thanh Nhan hospital has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has recorded an additional 22 coronavirus cases, including 19 locally transmitted infections, at quarantine facilities across the country.

VOV.VN - Both northern and central regions of Vietnam are likely to experience the current heatwave with temperatures rising up to 40 degree Celsius until next week, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO) (VAVA) has affirmed it will provide spiritual and material support to Tran To Nga to continue her lawsuit against US firms that manufactured the toxic AO defoliant used by US forces during the war in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The setting up of checkpoints in COVID-19 lockdown areas is considered one of the effective ways to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the community, and those erected in Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province, a coronavirus hotspot, are a case in point.

The Border Guard High Command of the southwestern province of Tay Ninh on May 11 held a ceremony to hand over medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention and control presented by the Vietnam Border High Command to Cambodia.

Courts in administrative units under social distancing due to COVID-19 will suspend all trials and the settlement of legal cases from May 12-31, except in emergencies, according to a document issued by the Supreme People’s Court on May 11.

Many newspapers of German have run stories highlighting the lawsuit lodged by Vietnamese French Tran To Nga against 14 multinational chemical companies that produced the toxic chemicals sprayed by the US army in Vietnam during the war.