PSNews – The 18-member family of Mr. Ngan Thanh Tam has traveled more than 300 km from Son La Province to My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi to support their son Ngan Ngoc Nghia – a Vietnamese runner competing at SEA Games 31.

 President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Hue Nghiem and Minh Dao pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City on May 14 on the occasion of Lord Buddha’s 2,566th birthday, extending his greetings to local Buddhist dignitaries and followers.

The opening ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) was held solemnly at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on May 12 evening.

Vietnam hopes to clinch more gold medals on May 13 at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) as athletes are scheduled to compete in Kurash, Rowing, Kickboxing, Wushu and other sports of their strengths.

Vietnam has achieved mutual recognition for COVID-19 vaccination certificates, known as “vaccine passports”, with 20 countries so far.

Hundreds of homes in Luc Ngan district of the northern province of Bac Giang have been left submerged in flood water following a period of torrential rain.

The French Embassador in Vietnam Nicolas Warnery on May 9 held a press conference launching a project named “Share and protect Vietnam’s heritage”.

A story-telling contest on Vietnam-Laos friendship was launched in Hanoi on May 9, as part of a special communications campaign for the 60th founding anniversary of the nations’ diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962-2022).

As of April 2022, nearly 1.5 million COVID-19 infected employees have benefited from the country’s social insurance law with the sickness benefits amounting to 1,900 billion VND, according to the latest statistics of Vietnam Social Security (VSS). 

Vietnam continued to witness a dramatic fall in terms of the number of new daily COVID-19 infections, with over 3,345 confirmed on May 7, thereby bringing the national tally since the start of the pandemic up to 10.673 million.

A container ship docked at Ho Chi Minh City’s Khanh Hoi Port on May 6, transporting two Japanese trains for the city’s metro line No1.

With the World Health Organization (WHO) hopeful that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic has already passed, experts feel that this year will be a transition period for Vietnam to ensure the dual goal of combating the pandemic and boosting economic development.

"Using a range of social media to spread knowledge about the virus, Vietnam’s authorities worked effectively to combat misinformation", the Chandler Institute of Governance said, as Vietnam has been placed 56th out of 104 ranked countries in the Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) 2022.

The Ministry of Transport has issued a set of badges for identifying the vehicles serving the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

The General Statistics Office (GSO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Vietnam on May 5 launched a new project in Hanoi to support Vietnam to generate and utilize quality population and development data for the period 2022-2026.

The Health Ministry confirmed a further 4,305 fresh COVID-19 infections across 56 localities nationwide on May 5, while only two fatalities were recorded.