Vietnam, which held the chair of ASEAN in 2020, had set the agenda for future chairpersons of ASEAN, not only for 2021 but also for the next several years, said an assessment recently published by The Times of India, an Indian-based Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media.

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has decided to donate VND1.5 billion (US$64,944) in support of COVID-19 prevention and control in Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Da Nang, which have borne the brunt of the latest wave of the pandemic since late April.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has warned the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to last longer, on a large scale, and the mutated virus is more transmissible.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed an additional 19 coronavirus cases in four localities, including 13 cases in Hanoi capital alone.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Japanese counterpart Suga Yoshihide showed their elations at the growing Vietnam – Japan ties during their phone talks on May 17.

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 - The Vietnamese national futsal team touched down in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on May 16 ahead of their crucial play-off match to qualify for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

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.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province and the Executive Board of the provincial Khmer-Vietnamese Association on May 16 presented 434 gift packages to disadvantaged households.

The fourth National Olympiad on Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s Thought kicked off on May 16 under the theme “Anh sang soi duong” (The light illuminates the road).