Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with US President Joe Biden on May 12 (US time) as part of his trip to the US for the ASEAN-US Special Summit held in Washington D.C.
Prestigious website CNN Travel has selected Banh Mi, Vietnamese bread, among its list of the 23 best sandwiches from around the globe.
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) will help build an additional 1,450 flood-resistant houses for poor households in coastal provinces of Vietnam in the future, said Caitlin Wiesen, resident representative of the UNDP in Vietnam.
A total 3,949 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours from 4pm May 11 to 4pm May 12, according to the Ministry of Health.
The capital city of Hanoi on May 12 held a banquet to welcome the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), the biggest regional sports event with great cultural, political, diplomatic and economic significance that Vietnam is hosting.
Tours of Hanoi using double-decker buses are being offered free of charge to all delegates, including athletes, coaches, and reporters, to the ongoing SEA Games 31 throughout May.
Vietnam has achieved mutual recognition for COVID-19 vaccination certificates, known as “vaccine passports”, with 20 countries so far.
The Vietnamese rowing team finished first in the five categories - W1X, LW2X, W2X, M4X, and LW4 - of the rowing tournament at the ongoing Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in the northern city of Hai Phong on May 10.
Vietnam has not reported any cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children, but health authorities and facilities must closely monitor the disease, strengthen testing of suspected cases of acute hepatitis and immediately report unusual cases, the Ministry of Health has announced.
Quang Binh Province will work with Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to carry out many attractive tourism programmes during the second international media conference of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), which will be held in Hanoi.
The Ministry of Health received over 7.2 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Australian Government on May 10 in order to vaccinate children aged five to 12 in Vietnam.