Vietnamese Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh has been honoured with the Interdisciplinary Prize of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Chemistry for her outstanding achievements in research and innovation.

VOV.VN - A spell of torrential rain on the morning of June 7 left many areas severely inundated in flooding in the northwestern province of Son La, causing traffic chaos.

Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Tran Hong Ha on June 6 awarded the insignia “For the Natural Resources and Environment cause” to two US Agency for International Development (USAID) officials.

A conference will be held by the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) in the central city of Da Nang from June 22-25 to discuss the future of the internet.

Ninh Binh is blessed by nature with a wide range of beautiful natural landscapes and ecosystems. The province's forest area exceeds 29,000 hectares, making it the region's largest, exceeding the forests in neighbouring provinces in the Red River Delta.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed that the Government take steps to replace the current 5K guidance on COVID-19 control with a V2K practice to match the actual situation.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has used more than VND45.444 trillion (US$1.96 billion) from the unemployment insurance fund to pay for employees and employers over the past two years, given serious COVID-19-induced difficulties facing production and business activities.

The Ministry of Transport has requested the Vietnam Railway Authority and the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) to take immediate measures to ensure safety of Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi after the collapse of two concrete floor tiles on the bridge in May.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,000 yoga enthusiasts gathered in Hanoi on June 5 to flex their bodies in celebration of International Yoga Day, which takes place on June 21.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s northern localities are forecast to experience a deluge of heavy rain over the coming days, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Building stable labour supply chains with labourers put at the centre of all policies and emphasis laid on ensuring income and social security is one of the solutions to post-pandemic economic recovery.

Many defendants in major economic cases took advantage of policies and abused their positions and powers to make profit for themselves through violations of regulations on bidding, or through giving and receiving bribes.

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City's Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on June 4 provided free health check-ups and medicines for impoverished overseas Vietnamese and Lao people in Vientiane.

Two more vaccines against African swine fever (ASF), developed by AVAC Vietnam Co., Ltd. and Dabaco Group JSC, are expected to be licensed in Vietnam by the end of this year.

Investors in Vietnam have paid more attention to developing green and clean industrial parks, focusing their investment on wastewater treatment systems, planting more trees and attracting clean production enterprises.

VOV.VN - The number of children being infected with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Mekong Delta provinces, especially Can Tho, has recorded a sharp increase over the last month.

VOV.VN - Japanese news service Nikkei Asia announced on June 3 its COVID-19 Recovery Index for May, highlighting that both Vietnam and the Philippines recorded their best performances as both countries strived to ease restrictions while keeping infections low.

France will provide technical assistance for Vietnam to streamline administrative procedures, improve its business environment and build the e-government and digital transformation under a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Government Office and the French Embassy in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese and Lao ministries of public security will work harder to raise the efficiency of cooperation in drug combat, heard a meeting in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue on June 3.

Nguyen Quynh Tram, former head of Google operations in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, has been appointed as managing director of Microsoft Vietnam.

The Ministry of Public Security will use a new passport form from July 1, 2022, reported the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP).

The Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi, in partnership with the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, held a conference titled “Pioneer to the Possible” in the southern city on June 2 as part of efforts to boost their partnership in sustainable development.

Natural disasters will develop complicatedly and unpredictably in 2022, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese universities have been named among the Asian university rankings 2022 announced by Times Higher Education (THE).

VOV.VN - The 10th Red Journey, the largest blood donation drive in Vietnam organised by the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusions, kicked off on June 2 in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

Viettel has grabbed the most awards among more than 100 IT firms participating in the 17th Annual 2022 IT World Awards with 41 products honoured in 37 categories.

Vietnam has chances to become a technology hub in region, ST Liew, Vice President of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd., and President of Qualcomm South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, has said.

VOV.VN - Australia has shared an additional 7,245,800 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses for children in Vietnam through a procurement agreement struck with UNICEF in partnership with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.

Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho had a working session with a delegation from Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM) under Fulbright University Vietnam on the implementation of the Natural Capital Management project in the Mekong Delta region.

The Royal Thai Consulate-General and the Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam (ThaiCham) have awarded 140 scholarships worth VND700 million to children in Ho Chi Minh City who lost their parents or caregivers from COVID-19.