The Hanoi People’s Court on May 20 afternoon announced penalties for eight defendants involved in brokering and organising illegal travel on a special flight to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in late 2018.

VOV.VN - A large number of people in Hanoi continue to carelessly gather in public places to fly kites and play football amid a resurgence of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases across the country.

Representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) laid a wreath at the statue of President Ho Chi Minh at the Peace Park in Havana on the occasion of the Vietnamese leader’s 131st birthday (May 19).

VOV.VN - A further 24 new local COVID-19 cases detected in four Vietnamese localities were confirmed by the Health Ministry on May 21 morning.

VOV.VN - A female patient with underlying health problems has died of COVID-19 at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control said on May 20 evening.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has suggested that F1 cases (those in close contact with COVID-19 patients) should be encouraged to self-isolate at home under strict scrutiny to ease the overloading at concentrated quarantine facilities.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed an additional 40 COVID-19 cases in six localities on May 20 afternoon, raising Vietnam’s daily caseload to 114.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on May 20 penned a memorandum of understanding on co-operation aimed at promoting the implementation of ILO conventions in Vietnam for 2021 - 2030.

VOV.VN - A patient receiving treatment at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi has died of COVID-19 and underlying illnesses, said the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 20 afternoon.

Head of the Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, on behalf of the Vietnamese Government, has symbolically presented anti-COVID-19 medical supplies to the Government of South Sudan.

The Vietnamese Embassy in France and Montreuil’s administration and people paid floral tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his statue in Montreau Park on May 19 (local time) to mark his 131st birth anniversary (May 19, 1890).

VOV.VN - Police forces in Hanoi claimed on May 19 to have broken up the largest pangolin scale smuggling ring ever detected in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) said an additional 44 locally transmitted coronavirus cases have been detected during the past six hours, including 32 cases in Bac Giang and Bac Ninh COVID-19 hotspots.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) does not encourage people to get a COVID-19 screening test amid rising threats in the community, Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan has said.

The Vietnamese Defence Ministry has sent a team of military medical experts to Laos to help the country fight the second outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

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.