All members of the men’s national football team were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 19 and will leave for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) late month to play the remaining games in the Group G qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Voters on Hon Khoai islands and Hon Chuoi islands off the coast of the southernmost province of Ca Mau will cast votes to elect deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels on May 21, two days ahead of the scheduled date.

VOV.VN - A COVID-19 patient suffering from liver cancer has died at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, said the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 20.

VOV.VN - Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has reiterated his pledge to provide continued assistance to Vietnam’s ongoing COVID-19 fight, including vaccine accessibility, during his May 19 phone talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

VOV.VN - The administration of northern Bac Giang province has imposed social distancing on its capital, Bac Giang city, and established medical quarantine zones in several other localities as the fresh coronavirus outbreak has yet to show signs of abating.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on May 19 held phone talks with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab, during which he suggested the UK consider the transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology to Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 19 requested all localities to be on high alert as the COVID-19 pandemic is creeping in the community, and stay ready to immediately zone off and quarantine any new infections.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Thailand Don Pramudwinai consented to spare no efforts to elevate bilateral trade to US$25 billion soon during their phone talks on May 19.

The Vietnamese government’s COVID-19 management systems kicked back into full swing as the number of domestically-transmitted infection has risen quickly these days, according to an article posted on Australia’s devpolicy.org website on May 19.

VOV.VN - The nation recorded a total of 175 new community cases of COVID-19 during the course of the past 24 hours, with Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, two current biggest hotspots, recording 98 and 47, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on May 19.