Largest-ever transnational drug trafficking ring busted
Largest-ever transnational drug trafficking ring busted

VOV.VN - The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) has broken up a transnational drug trafficking ring from Europe to Vietnam, detaining 16 suspects and seizing 127 kg of narcotics.

Largest-ever transnational drug trafficking ring busted
Two more Japanese metro trains due to arrive in Ho Chi Minh City
Two more Japanese metro trains due to arrive in Ho Chi Minh City

VOV.VN - A container ship carrying an additional two trains for Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No. 1 has departed Japan and is scheduled to dock at Khanh Hoi Port in the city’s District 4 on June 20.

Two more Japanese metro trains due to arrive in Ho Chi Minh City
Police officer tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam
Police officer tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam

VOV.VN - A communal police officer has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the fifth case in central Nghe An province, according to the provincial Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

Police officer tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam
Course on explosive ordnance disposal level 3 wraps up in Quang Tri
Course on explosive ordnance disposal level 3 wraps up in Quang Tri

The Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) wrapped up a three-week training course on International Mine Action Standards Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Level 3 in the central province of Quang Tri on June 16.

Course on explosive ordnance disposal level 3 wraps up in Quang Tri
Pfizer vaccine only supplied via deals with Governments
Pfizer vaccine only supplied via deals with Governments

Pfizer vaccine is only supplied via bilateral deals with Governments, said John Paul Pullicino from Pfizer Vietnam during an online training session for market management staff on June 16.

Pfizer vaccine only supplied via deals with Governments
Vietnamese expats in Australia join anti-pandemic efforts at home
Vietnamese expats in Australia join anti-pandemic efforts at home

The Vietnamese community in Australia has raised funds in support of the fight against COVID-19 in their homeland.

Vietnamese expats in Australia join anti-pandemic efforts at home
COVID-19: Vietnam to pilot home quarantine for F1 cases
COVID-19: Vietnam to pilot home quarantine for F1 cases

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is set to allow F1 cases involving individuals who came into first-hand contact with a OVID-19 patient to quarantine at home in an effort to ease pressure on concentrated isolation facilities, as well as frontline healthcare workers.

COVID-19: Vietnam to pilot home quarantine for F1 cases
Health Ministry refutes rumours of new mutated strain of coronavirus
Health Ministry refutes rumours of new mutated strain of coronavirus

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on June 16 hit back at rumours that a newly mutated strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has emerged and spread quickly in Ho Chi Minh City, the busiest and most populous city of Vietnam.

Health Ministry refutes rumours of new mutated strain of coronavirus
Japanese donated COVID-19 vaccine batch arrives in Vietnam
Japanese donated COVID-19 vaccine batch arrives in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Nearly one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, a gift of the Japanese government and people to the government and people of Vietnam, arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi late on June 16.

Japanese donated COVID-19 vaccine batch arrives in Vietnam
COVID-19: 159 new cases recorded in Vietnam
COVID-19: 159 new cases recorded in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded an additional 159 coronavirus cases, including 158 locally acquired infections, in eight localities nationwide during the past 12 hours, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its 06.00am COVID-19 update.

COVID-19: 159 new cases recorded in Vietnam
COVID-19: 155 new cases confirmed, daily infection tally at 423
COVID-19: 155 new cases confirmed, daily infection tally at 423

VOV.VN - The nation reported a total of 423 new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on June 16, including 414 domestic infections and 9 imported ones, according to details provided by the Ministry of Health.

COVID-19: 155 new cases confirmed, daily infection tally at 423
PM orders ensuring quality of life for all workers
PM orders ensuring quality of life for all workers

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently issued a directive asking relevant ministries and localities to ensure stable jobs, improve life quality and working conditions of labourers, especially factory workers nationwide.

PM orders ensuring quality of life for all workers
Vietnam going to get through COVID-19 resurgence: The Diplomat
Vietnam going to get through COVID-19 resurgence: The Diplomat

The US-based The Diplomat on June 15 ran an article describing the “unusually hard spot” Vietnam is in right now, with a surge in new COVID-19 cases and the low rate of vaccinations, and analyzing how the country is going to get through this.

Vietnam going to get through COVID-19 resurgence: The Diplomat
Iranian firms eye technology cooperation with Vietnam
Iranian firms eye technology cooperation with Vietnam

Vietnam and Iran planned to hold a webinar next month to improve their technological cooperation, Mehr News of Iran reported on June 15.

Iranian firms eye technology cooperation with Vietnam
Bac Ninh moves to ease social-distancing restrictions
Bac Ninh moves to ease social-distancing restrictions

VOV.VN - The northern province of Bac Ninh is poised to lift some social-distancing restrictions placed on Yen Phong district and several communes of Que Vo district, with the move set to take effect from June 16.

Bac Ninh moves to ease social-distancing restrictions
176 more new COVID-19 cases added to national tally
176 more new COVID-19 cases added to national tally

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of a further 174 community transmissions of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), along with two imported infections which were immediately put into isolation upon arrival, at midday on June 16.

176 more new COVID-19 cases added to national tally
Can Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine ensure safety?
Can Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine ensure safety?

VOV.VN - It is impossible to say whether or not a drug or vaccine is absolutely safe, and in order to evaluate a vaccine both short-term and long-term safety must be considered, according to health experts.

Can Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine ensure safety?
First Vietnamese conservationist receives largest environment award
First Vietnamese conservationist receives largest environment award

The Director of Save Vietnam's Wildlife, Nguyen Van Thai, has become the first Vietnamese wildlife conservationist and the only Asian so far to receive the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize - the world’s most prestigious award for grassroots environmental activists.

First Vietnamese conservationist receives largest environment award
National Press Awards 2020: A special prize to be awarded
National Press Awards 2020: A special prize to be awarded

A special prize will be awarded for the first time ever at the 15th National Press Awards ceremony, the judging panel said on June 15.

National Press Awards 2020: A special prize to be awarded
Vietnam - Laos JV contributes to national vaccine fund
Vietnam - Laos JV contributes to national vaccine fund

Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Vietnam’s Viettel Global JSC and Lao Asia Telecom, on June 15 presented 200 million LAK (US$21,160) to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Vietnam - Laos JV contributes to national vaccine fund
Bac Giang hotspot confirms 61 out of 91 local infections over 12 hours
Bac Giang hotspot confirms 61 out of 91 local infections over 12 hours

VOV.VN - As many as 91 further domestic COVID-19 infections, and one imported case were confirmed by the Ministry of Health over the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 16.

Bac Giang hotspot confirms 61 out of 91 local infections over 12 hours
Vietnam to launch largest ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Vietnam to launch largest ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is going to launch the largest ever vaccination campaign in an effort to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam to launch largest ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign
HCM City permitted to purchase COVID-19 vaccines
HCM City permitted to purchase COVID-19 vaccines

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on June 15 approved HCM City’s proposal to purchase and import COVID-19 vaccines for local use.

HCM City permitted to purchase COVID-19 vaccines
Greetings extended to press agencies on Revolutionary Press Day
Greetings extended to press agencies on Revolutionary Press Day

A delegation of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education led by Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the commission, on June 15 visited and congratulated press agencies on the 96th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

Greetings extended to press agencies on Revolutionary Press Day
UNICEF partnership brings equitable STEAM learning opportunities to Vietnamese children
UNICEF partnership brings equitable STEAM learning opportunities to Vietnamese children

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and US non-profit organisation STEAM for Vietnam Foundation on June 15 announced a new long-term partnership to provide children in Vietnam with equitable learning opportunities on STEAM.

UNICEF partnership brings equitable STEAM learning opportunities to Vietnamese children
Digital platform launched for persons with disabilities in Vietnam
Digital platform launched for persons with disabilities in Vietnam

Comprehensive, Accurate, and Secured are the key words that can describe a digital platform, which now can also be accessed via smartphones, for registry and information management for persons with disabilities (PwD), launched on June 15 as part of the Korea-Vietnam Mine Action Project (KV-MAP).

Digital platform launched for persons with disabilities in Vietnam
COVID-19: 213 new cases recorded over six hours, daily count at 402
COVID-19: 213 new cases recorded over six hours, daily count at 402

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed an additional 213 coronavirus cases in six localities during the past six hours, raising its daily count to 402, a record high figure, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

COVID-19: 213 new cases recorded over six hours, daily count at 402
Vietnam holds first national dialogue on food systems
Vietnam holds first national dialogue on food systems

The first National Food Systems Summit Dialogue was held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in partnership with a number of ministries, the UN in Vietnam and international development partners in Hanoi on June 15 morning.

Vietnam holds first national dialogue on food systems
Coronavirus - hit K Cancer Hospital lifts lockdown
Coronavirus - hit K Cancer Hospital lifts lockdown

VOV.VN - The Minister of Health has decided to lift a 37-day lockdown placed on the K Cancer Hospital's Tan Trieu facility in Hanoi as no new COVID-19 cases were detected.

Coronavirus - hit K Cancer Hospital lifts lockdown
COVID-19: 118 new cases confirmed, national tally close to 11,000
COVID-19: 118 new cases confirmed, national tally close to 11,000

VOV.VN - As many as 118 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in six localities across Vietnam over the past six hours, raising the cumulative number of infections in the country to 10,999, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

COVID-19: 118 new cases confirmed, national tally close to 11,000