VOV.VN - In the first four months of 2021 Vietnam’s trade deficit with China jumped to US$17.6 billion, a record high figure over the past three years, according to the data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The nation has recorded a total of 181 new community cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with the majority made up of F1 contacts in quarantine facilities who had previously met confirmed COVID-19 patients, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 17.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is scheduled to attend the 26th International Conference on The Future of Asia from May 20 to May 21, with the event set to be held in the form of a video conference and hosted by Japanese media firm Nikkei Inc.

Vietnamese supporting industry enterprises for the electronics industry participate in the value chain, however, most of them only provide simple products with low technology and value.

VOV.VN - An additional 28 cases of local transmission were confirmed by the Ministry of Health during the six hours to midday May 17, bringing the total number of locally- transmitted cases to 1,204 since the virus resurged in the nation on April 27.

VOV.VN - Over the course of just 20 days the number of new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases detected in the country hit a record of over 1,000, forcing many areas and dozens of hospitals to be put into lockdown.

The Canada – Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS) on May 15 held an online seminar featuring the life and career of late President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of his 131st birthday (May 19).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has asked localities to tighten the management of foreign workers and consider expelling those without work permit in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches importance to consolidating and strengthening the good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive and long-term co-operation with Cambodia.

Despite Vietnamese companies’ total net profit growing 81% year-on-year in the first quarter, many still posted big losses.