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. 

VOV.VN - The local administration of Da Nang city, central Vietnam, has locked down An Don industrial park after more than 30 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on May 11 evening.

The New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam and the Song Foundation has announced a contribution of VND800 million (NZ$48,000) from New Zealand to the Forest Symphony project in Ninh Thuan province in response to the Vietnamese Government’s commitment to plant one billion trees by 2025.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is well controlling the source of coronavirus infection with no new outbreaks detected across the country, while 33 community cases in quarantine have been confirmed during the past 12 hours.

Deputy Minister of Defence Lieut. Gen. Vu Hai San on May 11 emphasised the necessity of activating the COVID-19 prevention and control system at the highest level in the army.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry recorded a further 30 COVID-19 cases on May 11 afternoon, of which 16 were recorded in quarantine or locked-down areas, whilst three other cases were imported.

VOV.VN - The daily lives of the local people of Hanoi have been severely impacted by the recent hot spell which is due to last for several days, with the severe heat forcing many local people to find ways to protect themselves from the recent weather conditions.

VOV.VN - A contest to produce a video in response to climate change and other ecological disasters was launched on TikTok on May 11, with all people nationwide eligible to enter by simply using the hashtag #Phongchongthientai.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee requested the closure of all beer restaurants and bia hoi venues on May 11 until further notice.

VOV.VN - Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, who is also chairman of the Vietnam – India Friendship Association (VIFA), presented 100 ventilators to help India in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic during an online meeting on May 11 with Indian Ambassador to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology has welcomed collaboration efforts with the Akademik Oparin research vessel from the Russian Academy of Sciences which came to conduct a joint scientific survey in the East Sea.

VOV.VN - As many as 230 samples taken from F1 cases linked to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Tinh, and Khanh Hoa provinces have come back negative for the SARS-CoV-2-virus.

VOV.VN - An additional 16 cases of local transmission and two imported cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health during the six hours to 12 pm May 11, raising the total number of locally-infected cases to 501 since the virus recurred in the nation on April 27.

The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on May 10 announced the Japanese Government’s decision to bestow the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon upon Vietnamese Professor Vo Tong Xuan.

VOV.VN - Despite entry to parks around Hanoi being restricted, many municipal residents continue to gather in large groups in public to participate in exercise and other sporting activities.

VOV.VN - Seven positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have been found to be carrying the B.1.617.2 strain of the virus which originates from India.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC) on May 11 morning reported the detection of an addition two cases confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including one patient undergoing treatment for cancer at National Cancer Hospital known as K Hospital.

Preparations for the May 23 general elections have so far been basically completed in a thorough, comprehensive and synchronous manner, said Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security Lieut Gen To An Xo.

The Hanoi People’s Court on May 10 handed down sentences to 14 defendants in a case related to smuggling and violations of accounting regulations at the Nhat Cuong Technic Co Ltd.

A contest on President Ho Chi Minh entitled “Uncle Ho in My Heart” has recently been launched by the Vietnamese Youth Union in Saint Petersburg, as part of the activities to mark the late leader’s 131st birthday (May 19).

VOV.VN - Thirty eight new locally-infected cases were detected on the morning of May 11 in six Vietnamese localities, boosting the domestic infection tally to 486 since the resurgence of the virus on April 27, the Ministry of Health said.

VOV.VN - A French court on May 10 dismissed a lawsuit lodged by a French of Vietnamese origin against multinational companies that produced and supplied Agent Orange, containing dioxin sprayed by US troops during the Vietnam War, AP reported.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will stick to its COVID-19 strategy it has adopted since the first wave of the coronavirus, experts agreed at a meeting of the national Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on May 10.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed 16 more coronavirus infections in five localities on the evening of May 10, raising the total number of locally transmitted infections during the day to 125.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will apply level-2 pandemic prevention standards on all of its domestic flights from May 11.

The Border Guard High Command in the northern border province of Dien Bien on May 10 presented medical equipment and foodstuff worth over VND100 million (US$4,360) to the Military High Command and Police of Phongsaly and Luang Prabang provinces of Laos.

Germany’s Frankfurter Rundschau (FR) newspaper on May 9 ran an article highlighting a lawsuit by Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga over multinational companies which produced and sold the toxic chemical Agent Orange (AO) containing dioxin sprayed by US forces during the war in Vietnam.