VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded 26 coronavirus infections, including 18 locally-transmitted cases, during the past 12 hours, the Ministry of Health said in its 18.00hrs update on May 5.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the mandatory quarantine period for those who either have close contact with COVID-19 cases or enter Vietnam to 21 days.

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 5 sent an urgent dispatch requiring the strict implementation of concentrated quarantine regulations and post-quarantine management.

VOV.VN - The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi has become the nation’s latest coronavirus hotspot following the detection of an additional 14 cases on May 5.

VOV.VN - Becamex IDC Corporation in collaboration with the Binh Phuoc Provincial People's Committee co-hosted a teleconference on May 5 aimed at investment promotion with investors from the United States.

VOV.VN - The management of Hanoi-based National Hospital of Tropical Diseases has decided to temporarily close the centrally-run hospital to visitors after a doctor was diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Cinemas in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two biggest markets in the country, closed on May 3 until further notice after new COVID-19 community cases were confirmed.

The standing board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee asked localities to hold election campaigns in accordance with requirements of COVID-19 prevention and control.

Domestic airports welcomed close to 1.5 million air travellers from April 28 to May 2, the peak travel period around the four-day public holidays marking the National Reunification (April 30) and May Day (May 1), according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese contestant Khanh Van has participated in the first activity of the Miss Universe 2020 pageant which is underway in the United States, with the beauty wearing an outfit featuring the national flags of both Vietnam and the US.