VOV.VN - An additional 30 new local infections, with all in quarantine and lockdown areas, and one imported case from Belgium were confirmed by the Health Ministry on May 19 morning.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a cabinet meeting on May 17 to discuss COVID-19 prevention and control measures and to make important and timely decisions regarding vaccine imports, production, and the country’s vaccination scheme, whilst mobilising resources to ii

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 37 new local infections on May 17 morning, with all in quarantine and locked-down areas, including 22 in the Bac Giang coronavirus hotspot, according to the Health Ministry.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Bac Giang, a gateway to Hanoi capital, has appealed for assistance from the Ministry of Health and other localities as caseload constantly breaks its daily record figure.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Bac Giang has become the epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 pandemic, recording 85 out of a total of 129 more locally transmitted cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 15 evening.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Prime Minister has permitted 190 Chinese traders to enter and purchase lychees in Bac Giang province, a locality noted for lychee growing in Vietnam, according to the Bac Giang provincial administration.

VOV.VN - Japan has officially authorised the nation’s plant quarantine agency to supervise lychee exports to the Japanese market this year, according to details released by the Plant Protection Department.

VOV.VN - Five enterprises in Bac Giang province, which is noted for lychee growing, are joining hands to help purchase and export the fruit to Japan, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - The Traffic Police Department and the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security discovered six foreign nationals attempting to illegally enter Vietnam on April 17 through the Bac Giang-Lang Son expressway.

VOV.VN - The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has granted geographical indication (GI) certification to Luc Ngan lychee that originates from Bac Giang, a northern Vietnamese province, according to the Bac Giang Department of Science and Technology.