Ho Chi Minh City’s local authorities are cooperating with health centres and agencies to set up polling sites and finish preparations for the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils for the 2021-26 tenure on May 23.

The august and majestic statue of the late legendary general Vo Nguyen Giap in a park on Son Ca Island of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago brings all who visit the island a range of emotions beyond words.

VOV.VN - Several local students have been awarded prizes at REGENERON ISEF 2021, including one group winning the third-place prize, whilst two special prizes were given by Science - Technology and Enterprise organisations.

VOV.VN - People residing in border areas throughout three Central Highland provinces cast their ballots on May 22 one day ahead of schedule to elect deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and to all-levels of the People’s Council for the 2021 to 2026 term.

Deputy Prime Minister and head of the State Emergency Commission of Mongolia S. Amarsaikhan has thanked the Vietnamese community in the country for their support to Mongolians in the COVID-19 fight.

Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces need to quickly resume the operation of businesses that satisfy epidemiological safety requirements, especially those with big supply chains.

Border guards at A Pa Chai station in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien met their counterparts from Meng Kang station of China on May 21 to discuss enhancing anti-pandemic measures and preventing illegal entries across the border.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence has presented medical supplies to support its Cambodian counterpart in the fight against COVID-19.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has decided to raise the level of aviation security during the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure.

VOV.VN - 20 further community cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on May 22 morning, boosting the national infection tally since the resurgence of the virus in the latest outbreak to 1,912.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 57 new local COVID-19 cases over the past six hours to 6 p.m. on May 21, raising the daily count to 131, according to the Health Ministry.

VOV.VN - The country continues to record a high number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in a critical condition, with many receiving treatment from Bac Ninh Hospital, the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the Da Nang Lung Hospital, and the Central Highlands Regional General Hospital.

VOV.VN - A scheme aimed at sending Vietnamese guest workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) resumed on May 21 after being suspended for over a year due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has received VND160 billion in donations from various local banks as funding for the purchase of additional novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thuc Hien, vice chairman of the Can Tho City People's Committee, has expressed a desire to see the Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima and Can Tho continue to co-operate across multiple fields, especially in terms of environmental protection and adapting to the impact of climate change.

VOV.VN - Accompanied by medical workers and other functional agencies, many Vietnamese reporters are putting their health and lives at risk in order to provide full coverage from the frontline of the country’s ongoing fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed 50 more local COVID-19 cases over the past 6 hours May 21, raising Vietnam's infection tally in its new coronavirus wave to 1,835.

President Ho Chi Minh’s journey to find a way to liberate his country and his influence on revolutionary movements of colonial countries around the world have been highlighted in a story published on the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB)’s official website earlier this week.

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.