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.

The Ministry of Health is continuing to develop a sustainable response plan to the COVID-19 pandemic in the new situation, considering the context of dangerous new variants appearing.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded an additional 2,823 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, marking an increase of 300 cases compared to the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health on May 11.

The Ministry of Public Security expects to complete the investigation into the COVID-19 test kit scam at Viet A Technologies JSC in the second quarter of this year, the ministry’s spokesperson Lieutenant General To An Xo said on May 5.

VOV.VN - The Government convened the regular April meeting under the chair of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 5 to review the socio-economic situation in April and the first four months of the year, alongside a number of other important issues.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong met with representatives of the Vietnamese expat community in the UK on May 4 following his arrival in London as part of a trip to attend the coronation of King Charles III at the invitation of the Royal Family of the UK.

VOV.VN - After four months without recording a single death caused by COVID-19, Vietnam logged its first case in mid-April, and more than 10 COVID-related deaths have since been documented in the country.

VOV.VN - More than 45,000 people were hospitalised nationwide during the initial two days of public holidays, along with 786 deaths, of which 34 cases were traffic accident victims and seven were related to COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health.