VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 57 new local COVID-19 cases over the past six hours to 6 p.m. on May 21, raising the daily count to 131, according to the Health Ministry.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has received VND160 billion in donations from various local banks as funding for the purchase of additional novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed 50 more local COVID-19 cases over the past 6 hours May 21, raising Vietnam's infection tally in its new coronavirus wave to 1,835.

VOV.VN - A further 24 new local COVID-19 cases detected in four Vietnamese localities were confirmed by the Health Ministry on May 21 morning.

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.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 19 requested all localities to be on high alert as the COVID-19 pandemic is creeping in the community, and stay ready to immediately zone off and quarantine any new infections.

VOV.VN - An additional 30 new local infections, with all in quarantine and lockdown areas, and one imported case from Belgium were confirmed by the Health Ministry on May 19 morning.

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 - An additional 28 cases of local transmission were confirmed by the Ministry of Health during the six hours to midday May 17, bringing the total number of locally- transmitted cases to 1,204 since the virus resurged in the nation on April 27.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 37 new local infections on May 17 morning, with all in quarantine and locked-down areas, including 22 in the Bac Giang coronavirus hotspot, according to the Health Ministry.