Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa, a writer with a paralysed right arm, has been named in the list of 20 inspirational women in 2021 by the Forbes Vietnam magazine.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed the detection of four new imported novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, thereby raising the national infection tally up to 2,816, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has donated a total of 800 ventilators, two million medical masks, 300,000 N95 masks, along with other medical equipment to Cambodia in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the neighbouring country.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc handed over the “Labour Hero in the Renewal Period” title on April 22 to the family of late Professor and Academic Vu Tuyen Hoang, former Secretary of the Party and President of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA).

VOV.VN - The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed its appreciation to the Vietnamese Government on April 21 for providing a sum of US$300,000 in humanitarian aid to assist the neighbouring country in its ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The People’s Court of Hanoi on April 22 resumed a trial for ex-minister of industry and trade Vu Huy Hoang who involves in the cases of “violating regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness,” and “violating regulations on land management” that occurred in the Ministry of Industry and Trade and HCM City

VOV.VN - Local skygazers will have the unique opportunity to witness the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower, the dusty trail of a comet which as a centuries-long orbit around the sun, with the event set to take place sometime between the evening of April 22 and the morning of April 23.

VOV.VN - A total of four local universities have been named in the Impact Rankings 2021 as produced by the Times Higher Education (THE).

The Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) and the PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PVOIL) have agreed to collaborate in the research on electric vehicle (EV)’s battery and charging station.

The Australian Embassy in Vietnam and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have announced a landmark AUD13.5 million package to help support the successful introduction and delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam registered six further new COVID-19 cases, including two Indian experts and four Vietnamese returnees from Japan, boosting the national infection count to 2,812, the Ministry of Health reported on April 22 morning.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City is adding more staff, opening early check-in counters, and using all available security scanners to reduce increasing congestion at the site.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese citizens returning from overseas have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported on April 21 afternoon.

VOV.VN - Crowds of pilgrims and visitors from throughout the country descended on the Hung Kings’ Temple in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 20 to mark the death anniversary of the nation's mythical founding fathers.

VOV.VN - A 61-year-old woman of Thanh Hoa province has successfully given birth to a baby boy through a cesarean section, said doctors from Thanh Hoa Obstetrics Hospital.

VOV.VN - The country is presently home to 101,550 skilled foreign workers, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese doctors have confirmed a further two patients with Cantú syndrome, a rare condition characterized by excess hair growth, a distinctive facial appearance, heart defects, and several other abnormalities.

As many as 17 collectives and 33 individuals were honoured at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20 for their achievements in overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs in the city for the 2018-2020 period.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)’s Vietnam - US Society (VUS) and the US’s Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee (VPCC) held a friendship meeting on April 20 to mark the 50th anniversary of the People’s Peace Treaty between Vietnam and the US.

VOV.VN - As many as 106,929 Vietnamese people in 27 cities and provinces have been given an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine shot since the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign was launched in March, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH),

Bach Long Vi – a frontline island in the northern port city of Hai Phong, is a large fishing field in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf, with a special strategic location and security-defence significance in safeguarding national sea and island sovereignty and developing the maritime economy.

VOV.VN - Ten people, including an Indian expert, have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the past 24 hours, bringing Vietnam’s total number of coronavirus infections to 2,801, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 18.00hrs update.

VOV.VN - Viet Duc (Vietnam-Germany) University Hospital has been granted surgical centre accreditation by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

“Le khao le the linh Hoang Sa” (Feast and Commemoration Festival for Hoang Sa Soldiers) was held in Ly Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, on April 19.

The central province of Quang Nam has put forward plans to host international tourists with “vaccine passports” and negative coronavirus tests.

The 7th National External Information Service Awards were launched during a press conference in Hanoi on April 19.

VOV.VN - The southern border province of Kien Giang has decided to increase the capacity of its to-be field hospital to receive coronavirus infections returning from Cambodia which is severely ravaged by the fresh coronavirus outbreak.

The border guard and police forces in the northern border province of Dien Bien have captured 12 people for organising the illegal exit of 13 foreigners.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is entering the second phase of the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign, and most of the localities have been supplied the vaccine for the campaign, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).

Ho Chi Minh City will host a ceremony on April 20 to honour 33 outstanding collectives and 17 individuals of the Vietnamese community abroad, according to the city’s Committee for Overseas Vietnamese.