The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has called for the mandatory wearing of face masks and strict adherence to COVID-19 prevention regulations at pagodas and monasteries nationwide amid the ongoing complex developments of the pandemic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked localities and people to stay highly vigilant and strictly follow the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 recommendations, including donning face masks, amid coronavirus threats in the community.

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in the southwestern region have joined with local people as they put in every effort to prevent illegal entry into the country as a means of curbing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, amid neighbouring countries seeing an increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on April 23 asked border provinces to closely monitor and prevent any illegal entries in an effort to nip in a bud a possible fresh coronavirus outbreak in the community.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is currently at high risk of fresh novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks occurring within the community due to the continued global spread of the virus, especially in neighbouring countries.

VOV.VN - Police operating in Dien Bien province announced on April 6 that they have detained and prosecuted four people for attempting to assist groups of Chinese citizens to enter the country before continuing their illegal entry into Laos.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said he is afraid that Vietnam is likely to be confronted with another wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) unless anti-coronavirus measures are tightened.

VOV.VN - As two neighbouring countries that enjoy traditional ties and a close friendship, Vietnam has joined with Cambodia to ramp up efforts to deal with the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, one of the most serious and deadliest pandemics in human history.

Vietnam is intensifying surveillance along its borders to prevent any illegal entry and exit, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang told a regular press conference on March 11.

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in the Mekong Delta province of Long An arrested five Chinese citizens on March 2 after they had entered the nation illegally.