VOV.VN - Roads leading out of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City were hit by heavy traffic on April 30 as large numbers of people flocked to their hometowns in order to enjoy the four-day national holiday.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected anti-COVID-19 efforts in the central city of Da Nang on April 30, requesting the entire health sector to maximise efforts to maintain the obtained achievements in the coronavirus combat.

VOV.VN - Amid various complicated developments relating to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a broad array of localities nationwide have raised the level of COVID-19 prevention and control.

More than 30 red-crowned cranes have returned to the Phu My Biosphere Reserve in Kien Giang province and the Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap province after a year of absence.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 29 visited some families in Hanoi whose members took part in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, which was the peak of the General Offensive and Uprising in the spring of 1975 that led to the South Liberation and National Reunification on April 30 the same year.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other representative agencies of Vietnam in India are working closely with competent agencies and airlines in Vietnam to prepare plans to bring Vietnamese citizens home when necessary in conformity in conformity with developments of the pandemic.

The Hanoi People’s Court, on April 29, sentenced ex-minister of industry and trade Vu Huy Hoang to 11 years’ imprisonment for “violating regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness”.

About 12-14 storms could hit the East Sea this year, with around half expected to directly affect Vietnam’s mainland, a meteorologist has said.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health reported the latest discovery of a further four new cases of COVID-19 on the morning of April 30, including one being placed into isolation right after entry, and three community infections involving a confirmed coronavirus patient in the northern province of Ha Nam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded first cases infected with variant B.1.617 originating from India, and all the patients are Indian experts entering from their home country.

VOV.VN - Late on April 29 the capital city of Hanoi announced an infection case of the coronavirus in the community closely linked to a COVID-19 patient in Ha Nam province.

VOV.VN - Health officials of Hung Yen province, a gateway to Hanoi capital, held an urgent meeting late on April 29 after two local residents were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) on April 29 confirmed 45 coronavirus infections, including a family cluster of infections in Ha Nam province.

VOV.VN - Authorities in the northern province of Ha Nam scrambled to deploy anti-coronavirus measures after recording five infections in the local community.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan lauded UNICEF’s efforts in programmes to promote child care and protection in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam should raise its COVID-19 alert level due to the prospect of further outbreaks among the local community, according to recommendations made by experts.

VOV.VN - A total of 2,165 people have lost their lives and a further 1,455 others injured in traffic accidents during the opening four months of the year, according to a report released by the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Ha Nam has moved to cordon off a village after a coronavirus infection case was detected on April 28.

The People’s Committee of central Da Nang city on April 28 launched a project on enhancing energy efficiency for local people funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

VOV.VN - Discharged patients who re-test positive for the virus will be allowed to self-quarantine at home as opposed to at healthcare facilities as previously, the Ministry of Health said in its latest COVID-19 regulations.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese citizen returning from Japan has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during his stay in a quarantine facility in Nghe An province, central Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A significant number of people in Hanoi continue to neglect wearing face masks in public areas, despite the authorities’s warning of potential risks of a new coronavirus outbreak in the community.

VOV.VN - A young Vietnamese man returning from Japan has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus after completing a 14-day quarantine period, according to local media outlets.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, chaired a meeting discussing the building of several key legal training institutions on April 28.

VOV.VN - The Border Guard Command has mobilised troops from sea and northern border areas to the south-western border to assist localities with the fight against COVID-19 amid rising coronavirus threats there.

The Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC) on April 28 received aid worth over US$166,000 from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (Ksrelief) in support of poor Vietnamese households.

The Mekong Delta’s Can Tho city will take part in the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) this year, with the aim of transforming itself into a clean and green city, a recent meeting heard.

Gender mainstreaming in climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) Nguyen Trung Thang.

VOV.VN - The national tally of coronavirus infections rose to 2,865 after a further eight Vietnamese returnees from Japan were found to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health said on April 28 afternoon.

VOV.VN - As many as 40 medical workers from Tu Du Hospital have been put into quarantine and tested for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after coming into contact with two illegal entrants from Cambodia.