The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the approval of a programme to protect and support children to interact in cyber environment in a healthy and creative manner in the 2021-2025 period by Vietnamese Government.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City authorities moved to cordon off its Hospital for Tropical Diseases for disinfection and contact tracing after three of its employees tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on June 12.

More than 93,000 students in Hanoi began their high school entrance exams on the morning of June 12.

VOV.VN - Northern and north-central provinces from Quang Ninh to Binh Dinh have been put on standby as a tropical low depression strengthened into storm Koguma which is likely to make landfall in less than 24 hours.

VOV.VN - Eighty-nine people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in five localities across Vietnam over the past six hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 12.00am COVID-19 update.

VOV.VN - A COVID-19 patient has died in Hanoi capital, raising the total number of disease-related death to 58, the Ministry of Health on June 12.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on June 11 held a fund-raising ceremony in support of the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in Vietnam,

VOV.VN - A tropical low depression has formed in the East Sea and is likely to strengthen into a storm that is forecast to threaten northern Vietnam when it heads towards the mainland.

Businesses that have failed to meet COVID-19 prevention and control requirements must be suspended, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a meeting in Hanoi on June 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has logged an additional 68 locally acquired coronavirus cases during the past 12 hours, raising its national running count of infections to 10,048, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on June 12 morning.

VOV.VN - Addressing a COVID-19 review meeting in Hanoi on June 11, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said efforts are needed to ensure all employees working at industrial parks nationwide are vaccinated against the virus by August, 2021.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on June 11 recorded two COVID-19 related deaths, raising the number of fatalities during the latest coronavirus outbreak to 22.

Fund-raising programmes to support the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in the homeland were launched by Vietnamese embassies in Tanzania, Mexico, and South Africa on June 10.

The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Tri signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) via a video conference on June 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed an additional 63 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in four localities during the past six hours, raising the national daily caseload to 196, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan has signed a decision to approve the third phase of human trials for the locally-produced Nano Covax vaccine against the COVID-19.

VOV.VN - A memorial and reburial ceremony took place on June 11 in the central province of Quang Tri for 40 sets of remains of fallen Vietnamese soldiers.

VOV.VN - The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has decided to impose a social distancing order on the entire province, starting at 00.00 on June 12, after several community cases were recorded.

VOV.VN - The capital city is set to offer free COVID-19 vaccinations to citizens aged between 18 and 65, along with other priority groups, during the 2021- 2022 period.

VOV.VN - Eighty-two people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in six Vietnamese localities during the past six hours, raising the cumulative number of infections in Vietnam to 9,917.

More than 93,000 students in Hanoi are set to take the high school entrance exams this weekend and measures are in place to ensure COVID-19 safety.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany held a ceremony in Berlin on June 10 to present Vietnam’s Friendship Order and Friendship Medal to two German friends in honour of their active contributions to strengthening solidarity, friendship and people-to-people exchange between the two peoples.

An appeal trial for the case related to violations of regulations on banking activities and abuse of trust to appropriate assets at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Binh Ha Livestock JSC and Trung Dung Trade and Tourism Co. Ltd. will take place from June 28-30.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) swiftly put forward a draft resolution to the Government to assist both employers and employees who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietjet Air has piloted the IATA Travel Pass, developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), making it the second carrier in Vietnam to pilot using COVID-19 vaccine passports, said Dinh Viet Phuong, managing director of the air carrier, on June 10.

Hanoi targets increasing the proportion of trained workers in the city to 75%-80% by 2030 under a strategy on labour market development built by the municipal People’s Committee.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 10 presented 5,000 national flags to fishermen through the programme “One million national flags for fishermen.”

Vietnamese representative agencies in Cambodia will continue keeping a close watch on Cambodia’s plan of relocating floating houses, fish farming rafts and illegal floating works on the Mekong River passing through Phnom Penh and the Vietnamese community situation.

The Vietnamese Party and State consider public consensus, responsibility, and social resources as important factors in wiping out the pandemic, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference held online on June 10.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) on June 11 morning announced 51 new coronavirus cases in five localities, raising its running total of infections to 9,835.