VOV.VN - As the nation’s latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspot, the northern province of Quang Ninh set up five check-points at midnight on January 28 following the detection of a positive COVID-19 case in the locality.

VOV.VN - Thousands of people, including organisers, reporters, security officers, and staff working at the ongoing 13th National Party Congress have had their samples taken as part of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) tests following the latest detection of community cases in recent times.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son has called on localities nationwide to keep vigilance high as the new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) strain first detected in the UK can spread at a rate of over 70% faster than other variants.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has sent an urgent dispatch to airports, directing them to strictly follow COVID-19 prevention and control measures after community transmissions of the coronavirus were reported in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on the morning of January 29 reported the discovery of a further 9 community-associated cases, with one in Hai Phong, one in Bac Ninh, 2 in Quang Ninh, 4 in Hai Phong, and one in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi is on red alert against the possibility of a fresh coronavirus outbreak after a coronavirus patient was confirmed by the local medical sector.

VOV.VN - The northern port city of Hai Phong, a neighbor of Hai Duong, the country’s biggest coronavirus hotpot, moved to lock down a children hospital in the city centre on January 28 after a COVID-19 case was detected there.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has decided to set up three field hospitals in Hai Duong province to cope with the increasing number of coronavirus infections there, says Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.

Vietnam controlled its borders from the very beginning and went above and beyond World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations in managing the COVID-19 pandemic, a Malaysian expert has said.

VOV.VN - The emergence of the coronavirus in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh has taught other localities a valuable lesson that is there is no room for complacency, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat and Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, both of them members of the Party Central Committee, on January 28 called for greater investment in science-technology to push national digital transformation, e-Government, and the digital economy forward.

VOV.VN - A further seven coronavirus cases, including a Costa Rican, returning from overseas have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update at 18.00hrs on January 28.

UNICEF and the Ministry of Health (MoH) on January 28 launched the photobook “Kindness is Contagious”, marking a successful end to a campaign of the same name to promote acts of kindness amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Six local residents of Ho Chi Minh City have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus after having close contact with a COVID-19 patient announced by the Ministry of Health on January 28.

VOV.VN - Kim Dien village of Chi Linh city in the northern province of Hai Duong has gone into a period of isolation from the night of January 27 following the detection of a positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case.

VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has stated that the latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) detected in Hai Duong province could have started up to 14 days previously, after the latest case was confirmed in the locality on January 28.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Hai Duong moved to impose social distancing on Chi Linh city and lock down Cong Hoa ward where a coronavirus case was registered on January 28.

VOV.VN - The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control said a further 82 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus after two coronavirus cases were announced by the Ministry of Health on January 28.

VOV.VN - The northern border province of Quang Ninh has decided to suspend transport services, after a community case was announced by the Ministry of Health early the same day.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 28 chaired an urgent meeting on COVID-19 prevention and control at Hanoi’s National Convention Centre where the ongoing 13th national congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam is taking place.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Hai Duong, a gateway to Hanoi, moved to carry out massive COVID-19 testing after a locally transmitted coronavirus case was detected in the province.

Foreign reporters who could not come to Vietnam to cover the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) due to the COVID-19 pandemic have praised the country’s initiative to allow their online coverage.

The production and import of phones using 2G and 3G technology will stop from the beginning of July, according to a new circular from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on January 28 announced two locally transmitted coronavirus cases, ending 55-day streak without a local community case in the country.

After four years of construction, a 73-m-high sitting Buddha statue - the tallest of its kind in Southeast Asia - has been inaugurated at the Phat Quoc Van Thanh Pagoda in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

A ground-breaking ceremony for a communal house for Vietnamese-Cambodian people was held in Cambodia’s Kampot city on January 27

Vietnamese citizens living in Laos have high hopes for the ongoing 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), saying they have full faith that the Party’s wise leadership will take the country to new heights in the years to come.

VOV.VN - The nation’s Mekong Delta region is set to suffer periods of severe droughts and saltwater intrusion in late 2021, according to a warning from meteorologists.

Vietnam will continue its active participation in international efforts to combat climate change, so as to transform climate-induced “challenges” into “opportunities” for the sustainable development for all, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021.

VOV.VN - A delegation from the Navy High Command delivered Tet gifts to soldiers serving on DK1 offshore platforms ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet.