Three out of five undersea cables connecting Vietnam with the world encountered problems as of June 15, slowing down the internet speed across the country, according to local internet service providers.

VOV.VN - A layer of thick fog covered several districts of Ho Chi Minh City on June 15, with the weather pattern causing poor visibility.

VOV.VN - The coverage rate of health insurance is likely to exceed 94% by the end of the year thanks to sustainable growth, Nguyen The Manh, general director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), said at a regular conference held recently in Hanoi to make social insurance information public.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man lauded blood donors nationwide while meeting 100 outstanding people in the voluntary blood donation campaign in Hanoi on June 14.

Building inland waterway transport in Vietnam, supporting the development of low carbon transport and connecting ethnic minorities and farmers to the Greater Mekong Subregion economic corridor are some of the significant achievements of the Australia-funded programme Aus4Transport. After more than six years, US$20 million programme will be wrapped up late this month.

Thirty years after the blood donation movement was officially launched (January 24, 1994 - January 24, 2024), Vietnam has mobilised and received over 21.3 million units of blood, with the number of volunteer donors hitting 99%, according to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

VOV.VN - Six outstanding local students will participate in the final round of the 2024 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship, the largest global competition that tests students’ skills on Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, from July 28 to July 31 in the Californian city of Anaheim in the United States.

The Vietnamese language and culture is an optional subject at the Universiti Malaya (UM) - one of the top public universities in Malaysia.

FPT is accompanying Da Nang in preparing and training high-quality human resources for the semiconductor industry, with a goal of helping the central city become a "Silicon Valley" of Vietnam.

A photo contest on actions for the blue ocean was recently launched by the Natural Resources and Environment Magazine in response to the action month for environment 2024.

VOV.VN - There is a high risk that a measles outbreak occurring in Ho Chi Minh City could overlap with the spread of existing diseases, including dengue fever and hand, foot, and mouth disease, according to the municipal Department of Health.

Hanoi Eye Hospital 2 on June 13 became the first private hospital in Vietnam to launch a tissue bank and establish a branch for promoting human tissue and organ donation.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Can Tho city Nguyen Van Hieu hosted a reception for Bernd Montag, CEO of Siemens Healthineers, on June 13, during which the host expressed his hope for the firm’s support in high-tech equipment and high-quality human resources training in the field of health care in the whole Mekong Delta.

An agricultural cooperative of Gangjin district in South Jeolla province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) is hiring 20 Vietnamese workers under a five-month contract starting from April 22 to harvest onions and garlic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has named among happiest countries in Southeast Asia for Gen Z and millennials, according to a report of World Happiness Report 2024.

VOV.VN - The ongoing heat wave that has been gripping across northern and central localities of Vietnam for the past few days is anticipated to increase its intensity on June 13, with daytime temperatures rising to 37-39℃, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - Times Higher Education (THE) that provides the definitive source of data, insight and expertise on higher education worldwide has announced the University Impact Rankings for 2024, with 13 Vietnamese universities honoured on the list, four more compared to the 2023 rankings.

A book titled "Vietnam Committee for Asian - African - Latin American Solidarity and Cooperation: Journeys, Friends" was launched at a seminar held in Hanoi on June 12.

VOV.VN - The Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW) has announced that it has co-operated with relevant agencies in order to release a total of 14 rescued rare animals back into the wild.

VOV.VN- Representatives of the US Asia Chamber of Commerce (USACC) held a working session on June 12 with the Department of Education and Training of the central province of Nghe An on a high-quality human resources training programme within the framework of the US business delegation's investment survey in the locality.

VOV.VN - The country always prioritises enhancing social progress and equity, regarding this as a goal, a task, and also a measure aimed at reaching greater sustainable development, Ambassador Mai Phan Dung said on June 11 at the ongoing 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva.

VOV.VN - Vietnam along with the Core Group countries promoting Resolution 78/268 of the UN General Assembly solemnly launched their first activities in celebration of International Day of Play on June 11 in New York.

VOV.VN - Relevant forces have controlled a fire that broke out in the forest of Tram Chim National Park dubbed a haven for several rare and protected species of bird in Tam Nong district of Dong Thap province on June 11.

VOV.VN - Between seven and nine tropical storms/tropical depressions are expected to form in the East Sea from now till the end of 2024, of which three to four will slam into Vietnam’s mainland, mainly from September to November, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

A fire occurred at the Sapa shopping centre of Vietnamese in Prague in the early morning of June 10, destroying six stalls worth about 2 million CZK (over US$87,200).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 10 signed an official dispatch asking relevant agencies and localities to concentrate on dealing with consequences of floods and natural disasters in northern mountainous and midland areas.

VOV.VN - Strong winds and heavy rain in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang have killed three people and damaged properties.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Seas and Islands Week and the Action Month for the Environment 2024 was launched on June 10 in Nha Trang City by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with the People’s Committee of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

A free on-line Vietnamese language programme for children of Overseas Vietnamese in the UK was launched virtually on June 9 with the participation of lecturers from the University of Languages and International Studies (ILIS under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi) and about 200 students across the European country.

VOV.VN - The early morning of June 10 saw residents of Hanoi rush to local markets to buy popular items for the Đoan Ngọ Festival, commonly called “Tết giết sâu bọ” (pest-killing festival), which is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.