A leading expert from the COVID-19 International Task Force said “Việt Nam has had a very strong response” to the pandemic in reply to a question on why the number of infection cases has been kept low in the country.

Border guards in the central province of Hà Tĩnh have arrested 20 people (including 15 Vietnamese citizens and five foreigners) who were crossing the Viet Nam-Lao border illegally.

With social distancing in full effect, many children are learning online. But spare a thought for those in remote areas who have major problems getting connected.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia has sent a diplomatic note to local authorities calling for their essential and timely health support for overseas Vietnamese.

Two men in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông on Wednesday were charged with resisting officials on COVID-19 prevention and control duty.

The Investigation Police Department of southern Đồng Nai Province have arrested two suspects in an armed robbery. The men allegedly used a gun to steal from a local family home.

Two more COVID-19 patients have been given the all-clear and were discharged from the Quảng Ninh Hospital 2 in Quảng Ninh Province on Thursday morning, lifting the total recovered cases in Việt Nam to 173.

A total of 58 samples taken from people in close contact with COVID-19 patient No 22 tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 according to a report from the central city’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) released on Tuesday.

Police from the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn have arrested Nguyễn Đình Duyệt, deputy director of the provincial Natural Resources and Environment Department, for allegedly “abusing position and power while performing duties" following Article 281 of the 2015 Penal Code, on Thursday.