COVID-19: Vietnam records 61 new infections on early May 31
Vietnam reported 61 more locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases over the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on May 31, pushing the national count to 7168, according to the Ministry of Health.
A medical worker is giving COVID-19 vaccination to a woman (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 61 more locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases over thepast 12 hours to 6:00 am on May 31, pushing the national count to 7168, accordingto the Ministry of Health.
Of the new infections, 43 were detected in Bac Giang, 15 in Hanoi and three in LangSon.
As of 6:00 am on May 31, Vietnam documented a total of 5,665 domestic infections, with 4,095 cases since the latest outbreak hit the country on April 27.
Among active patients undergoing treatment at medical establishments nationwide,145 tested negative to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 66 twice and 70 thrice.
A report from the ministry’s Medical Examination Administration showed that the country has seen 2,950 recoveries and 47 deaths related to the disease.
There are 150,471 people who had close contact with confirmed patients or returned from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine nationwide
Amid complicated developments of the pandemic,the MoH advised citize꧟ns to follow the 5Kmessage, including khautrang (facema🦋sk), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tutap (no gathering), and khai bao y te (health declaration), and vaccine./.
Vietnam must apply the principle of "5K plus vaccine and technology" in preventing and controlling COVID-19 to ensure that the pandemic is curbed early and remotely, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
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.
Vietnam recorded 143 more COVID-19 cases, including 142 domestically-transmitted infections and one imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on May 30, the Ministry of Health announced.
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The patient, Tieu Viet But, born in 1970 and residing in Binh Tri commune, Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, was working aboard fishing vessel Qng – 95657TS when the incident occurred at 7:00 am.
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The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
A medical worker is giving COVID-19 vaccination to a woman (Photo: VNA) 
