VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City authorities moved to cordon off its Hospital for Tropical Diseases for disinfection and contact tracing after three of its employees tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on June 12.

VOV.VN - As many as 16 electricity boxes throughout Hanoi have been given a colourful new look, with messages to remind local people to follow pandemic rules in the nation’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Border Guard High Command in the northern border province of Dien Bien on May 10 presented medical equipment and foodstuff worth over VND100 million (US$4,360) to the Military High Command and Police of Phongsaly and Luang Prabang provinces of Laos.

VOV.VN - Further local infections of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed by the centres for disease control in Hanoi and throughout the northern provinces of Vinh Phuc, Thai Binh, and Hai Duong.

VOV.VN - Chu Ngoc Anh, chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, has been made head of the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that the responsibility of individuals and organisations on COVID-19 spread must be made clear, and asked competent authorities to mete strict punishment to any that violate regulations and have a role to play in the failure of the containment.

VOV.VN - Major tourism sites nationwide have put additional novel coronavirus (COVID-19) preventive measures in place in the buildup to the four-day public holiday, starting on April 30 amid the increasingly complex nature of the pandemic in neighbouring countries.

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 - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) have issued a telegram urging both airports and airlines to strengthen their supervision over passengers wearing face masks in terminal areas, especially during Reunification Day on April 30 and May Day on May 1, along with the upcoming summer season.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) have emphasised the need to reopen the international tourism market, while simultaneously highlighting the importance of setting out a roadmap and various conditions in order to open borders for tourists once COVID-19 preventive measures have been put in place.