(VOVWORLD) -61 domestic cases were detected to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in three Vietnamese localities, including 43 in Bac Giang, 15 in Hanoi and 3 in Lang Son, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday morning.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 143 more COVID-19 cases, including 142 domestocally- transmitted infections and one imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced.

(VOVWORLD) - Social distancing will be imposed in Ho Chi Minh City under the Prime Minister's Directive 15/2020, while Go Vap district and Thanh Loc ward of District 12 will be applying measures under the PM's Directive 16/2020 for 15 days, from 00:00 on May 31, in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Sunday morning, the world has recorded 170.5 million COVID-19 infections. 3.5 million people have died.

(VOVWORLD) - In response to a call by the Minister of Health, 26,000 medical staff and students have registered by Saturday to aid the COVID-19 battle in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang province – Vietnam’s current hotspots.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 108 new COVID-19 cases between 6pm Saturday to 12pm Sunday. They include 80 cases in Bac Giang, 10 in Ho Chi Minh City, 15 in Bac Ninh, 1 in Hai Phong, 1 in Long An, and 1 in Hai Duong.

(VOVWORLD) - From 6pm on Friday to 6am on Saturday, Vietnam reported 87 more domestic cases in Bac Giang (57 cases), Bac Ninh (27 cases), Bac Lieu (1 case), Gia Lai (1 case) and Hanoi’s Tan Trieu Cancer K Hospital (1 case), according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - 173 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Ministry of Health from 12 noon to 6 pm on Friday, raising the total count of the day to 254.

(VOVWORLD) - Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces should collect samples for testing in places that have yet to detect any infections and districts that have yet to apply social distancing, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said during an online meeting with leaders of the two provinces on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -The US intelligence community on Thursday acknowledged its agencies had two theories on where the coronavirus originated, with two agencies believing it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals and a third embracing a possible laboratory accident as the source of the COVID-19 pandemic.