VOV.VN - The Prime Minister is scheduled to chair a meeting of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control this week in order to examine if Vietnam should declare an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.

VOV.VN - At the ongoing fifth session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) held on May 29, Nguyen Lan Hieu of the NA Delegation of Binh Dinh province suggested that the end of COVID-19 should be announced.

A new government decree is expected to help remove difficulties for the domestic leisure property market, which is experiencing a 10-year low in demand, experts have said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always places importance on and desires to boost all-around cooperation with Slovenia, one of its traditional friends in Central-Eastern Europe, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a reception in Hanoi on May 23 for Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon.

Vietnam is seeing a great opportunity to access the mRNA technology for vaccine production, said Patrick Haverman, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Vietnam, at a workshop held by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI) under the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on May 22.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has underscored strengthening a more substantive and effective global partnership, international solidarity, and multilateral cooperation is key to dealing with today's complex challenges.

The 20th ASEAN-China Senior Officials' Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties (DOC) in the East Sea (SOM-DOC) was held in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 17 after nearly two years of hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 13th Party Central Committee wrapped up the mid-term meeting on May 17 morning after two and a half days of working.

Vietnam attaches importance to multilateral cooperation, including with UNESCO, in the challenging post-COVID-19 context, Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the National Commission for UNESCO Ha Kim Ngoc said at the 216th session of the UNESCO Executive Board that was opened on May 15 in Paris, France.

VOV.VN - Politburo member and Minister of Public Security To Lam hosted an official welcome ceremony on May 15 for a high-level delegation of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Cuba led by Lieutenant General and Politburo member of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas who is currently on a working visit to Vietnam.