State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 20 offered incense and flowers to late President Ho Chi Minh and heroic martyrs at Nga Ba Giong memorial and Gieng nuoc hospital relic site in Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City on May 20 on the occasion of the late leader’s 131st birthday (May 19).

VOV.VN - The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases has discovered two new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the country after sequencing the genes of samples taken from local novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.

VOV.VN - The nation has recorded a total of 181 new community cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with the majority made up of F1 contacts in quarantine facilities who had previously met confirmed COVID-19 patients, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 17.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi-based K Cancer Hospital No2 recorded five out of six more coronavirus cases announced by the Ministry of Health at noon May 16.

VOV.VN - Owners of eateries located close to hospitals throughout the capital city will only be permitted to do take-away services, with this regulation set to be strictly implementing as part of the Health Ministry’s additional COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Center for Disease Control (HCDC) has identified four new cases diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus related to flight VN160 on April 29, the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and an outbreak in the capital’s Thanh Xuan district, according to the Hanoi Health Department.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Centre for Diseases Control (CDC) announced on May 12 a cleaner of Hanoi-run Thanh Nhan hospital has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry recorded a further 30 COVID-19 cases on May 11 afternoon, of which 16 were recorded in quarantine or locked-down areas, whilst three other cases were imported.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC) on May 11 morning reported the detection of an addition two cases confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including one patient undergoing treatment for cancer at National Cancer Hospital known as K Hospital.

VOV.VN - A 52-year-old woman, the first Vietnamese COVID-19 patient in Laos and also the first COVID-19 patient in the country had died of the disease after a week of treatment, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Vientiane.