The Vietnamese Defence Ministry has sent a team of military medical experts to Laos to help the country fight the second outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

Professor Vladimir Kolotov, head of the Ho Chi Minh Institute at St. Petersburg University in Russia, was interviewed by the Vietnam News Agency on the promotion of President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology in the modern age as his 131st birthday on May 19 approaches.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced 31 more community infections during the past six hours, including 22 cases in Hanoi capital.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Vinh Phuc, a gateway to Hanoi capital and a coronavirus hotspot at present, is expected to impose a social distancing order on the entire locality, starting on May 7, after 26 positive cases were recorded in the locality.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Vinh Phuc, a fresh coronavirus hotspot, held an emergency meeting on anti-coronavirus measures early on May 5 after eight more locals were diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, all closely linked to the Chinese case.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health announced a report on May 4 detailing the outbreaks detected in the northern provinces of Ha Nam and Vinh Phuc during a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, with a focus on the COVID-19 cases involving Chinese experts.

The Ministry of Health has recently sent a document on the extension of the concentrated quarantine period to directors of Centres for Disease Control (CDC), and Preventive Medicine Centres nationwide.

VOV.VN - A total of 35 Vietnamese doctors and caregivers are poised to depart to Laos in order to provide assistance to the neighbouring country in their ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long during a recent meeting held in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Department of Health has revealed details regarding the latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case to hit the capital, with the individual being an Indian expert who is currently residing in the Park 10 building of Vinhomes Times City in Hoang Mai district of Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 3 announced 19 more coronavirus cases, including 10 locally transmitted infections in hotspots Vinh Phuc and Ha Nam provinces.