VOV.VN - More than 2,500 athletes are set to take part in Vietnam’s largest triathlon competition IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam, which will take place in the central coastal city of Da Nang this weekend, marking the return of the event following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Intellectual Association (VIS) in the UK held a ceremony on May 6 to announce Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam as its honorary chairman.

VOV.VN - It remains imperative to raise public awareness of the necessity of personal prevention, in which vaccination, mask wearing, and disinfection remain the key factors amid a sharp continual decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases, according to health experts.

Tran Van Tuy, former head of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s board for deputy affairs and former Chairman of the Vietnam - Republic of Korea Parliamentary Friendship Group, has been honoured with the RoK’s Grand Gwanghwa Medal for his major contributions to the two countries’ friendship.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Anh Tuan, head of the information and communications subcommittee for SEA Games 31, presided over a meeting on May 6 to review preparations for the event.

More than 5,500 young people in the capital city of Hanoi, with 80 percent of them being females, have registered to work as volunteers for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

The northern coastal city of Hai Phong is striving to build a beautiful image of sports, people and the city as it will host rowing and canoeing at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health announced 3,819 new coronavirus cases detected in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, a decrease of nearly 500 cases compared to the previous day.

The average price of Vietnam’s tra fish (pangasius) exported to the US increased sharply in the first quarter of this year to the highest ever level of US$4.5 per kilogramme, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

A Ministry of Health (MoH) delegation led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son inspected health services and COVID-19 control measures arranged by Bac Ninh as a host of sport events of the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).