VOV.VN - Police in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have successfully apprehended 52 Chinese citizens who entered the nation illegally, according to information released by local authorities.

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 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.

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.