Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working session with key officials of Ho Chi Minh City on May 13, his first meeting of the kind with a locality after taking up the top position in the Government, which demonstrated the special importance that the PM and the Government attach to the city.

VOV.VN - In its external policy, Vietnam always considers Japan to be a strategic, long-term and leading important partner, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide during their phone talks on May 11.

VOV.VN - Thirty eight new locally-infected cases were detected on the morning of May 11 in six Vietnamese localities, boosting the domestic infection tally to 486 since the resurgence of the virus on April 27, the Ministry of Health said.

The highest priority at this time is to fight COVID-19 and deal with its consequences in order to ensure security and safety as well as the public’s health, and complete the set dual goals, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on May 7.

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.

Vietnam always stands side by side with India in the fight against COVID-19, the Vietnamese leaders affirmed on April 28.

VOV.VN - Amid various complicated developments relating to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Cambodia, provinces around the nation’s southwest border are considered to be at the highest risk of being hit by further outbreaks.

VOV.VN - The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed its appreciation to the Vietnamese Government on April 21 for providing a sum of US$300,000 in humanitarian aid to assist the neighbouring country in its ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - Newly-elected Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 15 chaired a Cabinet meeting to implement upcoming tasks following the completion of the new Cabinet lineup.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter of greetings to Khmer people in Vietnam on the occasion of Chol Chnam Thmay, their traditional New Year festival.