VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 26 asked relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Health, and Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces to work harder to bring the latest COVID-19 outbreaks in the two provinces under control for the sake of people’s health.

The PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP), a subsidiary of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), contributed nearly VND2.3 trillion (US$99.8 million) to the State budget in the first four months of 2021, or 43% higher than the set plan.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese athletes have been forced to cancel their flight to Poland in order to compete in the World Athletics Relays as a way of qualifying for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A transport aircraft C17 of the Royal Australian Air Force on April 24 safely landed at Hanoi-based Noi Bai international airport, carrying 32 out of the 63 staff members of Level-2 Field Hospital No.2 who had finished their tenure in South Sudan.

VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has warned the south-western border area remains at a high risk of a fresh novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as an increasing number of Vietnamese nationals is seeking to return to the homeland from COVID-19-ravaged Cambodia and Thailand.

Vietnam is building the worst scenario for COVID-19 as its neighboring countries of Cambodia and Laos are struggling with surging infections, including putting their capital cities on lockdown.

The second and last group of staff of Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 has departed for the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in South Sudan from Ho Chi Minh City on April 21.

VOV.VN - The southern border province of Kien Giang has decided to increase the capacity of its to-be field hospital to receive coronavirus infections returning from Cambodia which is severely ravaged by the fresh coronavirus outbreak.

VOV.VN - Engineers and workers are striving to quickly upgrade facilities and finalize construction work before September 31 in order to prepare for the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, set to transpire later this year.

Despite having prepared a dossier for the UNESCO recognition of the Ly Son-Sa Huynh Global Geo-Park last November, local authorities have shelved plans to apply for the park's recognition after years of efforts and some 160 field surveys and scientific seminars.