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.

VOV.VN - A total of 219 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including 8 imported infections were confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on June 10, with 61 being recorded over the past six hours to 6 pm , according to details given by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Nguyen The Ky, the former president of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV), played host to a meeting on June 10 in Hanoi with Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén who has recently assumed a new role in the country.

VOV.VN - The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 10 to receive money from Steve Bui & Friends Foundation and other foreign companies in support of the nation’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Competent agencies in the United States have granted licenses to national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to conduct 12 repatriation flights this year in order to bring home Vietnamese citizens currently in the US.

VOV.VN - International public opinion has been hugely positive with regard to the nation’s initiative to set up a national vaccine fund as is part of the country’s efforts to effectively cope with the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Vietnamese representative agencies in Cambodia have recently received reports on Vietnamese citizens cheated by human trafficking rings and brought to Cambodia to work in casinos, gambling and online game facilities, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia.

VOV.VN - One person has been killed following a house used to sell bedding products on Le Luong street in Dam Ha town catching fire on June 9.

VOV.VN - The infection tally in the nation’s latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) wave has increased to 6,536 following the Health Ministry confirming 86 more fresh community transmissions at midday on June 10.

The Edtech Vietnam 2021 - Discovering “startup stars" contest has been launched by the National Startup Support Centre of Vietnam and the Bach Khoa Hanoi Technology Investment and Development One Member Company Limited (BK-Holdings).

VOV.VN - Through the efforts of the entire political system coupled with the solidarity of local people, Ho Chi Minh City has been able to largely contain the four wave of COVID-19 infections, according to Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

Vietnam is accelerating efforts to secure adequate vaccine supplies amidst a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in the country, said Dr Le Hong Hiep, a Senior Fellow at Singapore-based ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, in a commentary published on fulcrum.sg on June 8.

More than VND90 million (about US$4,400) was collected during a fundraising ceremony to call for donations to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund at the Vietnamese embassy in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, on June 9.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Hoang Xuan Hai led a delegation of the Embassy of Vietnam to join a host of activities in Barcelona city on June 5-8.

A delegation of political activists from left wing and progressive parties in Latin America laid flowers at the statue of President Ho Chi Minh in Mexico City to show respect to the Vietnamese leader’s thoughts and morality.

VOV.VN - An additional 66 domestic COVID-19 cases and four imported infections were recorded over the past 12 hours to 6 a.m on June 10 morning, said the Health Ministry.

The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) is calling on local and foreign donors to provide different forms of aid to children affected by the ongoing COVID-19 resurgence in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed a further 57locally transmitted and three imported coronavirus cases during the past six hours, raising the country’s 24-hour tally of infections to 407.

The Vietnam Young Initiatives (InnoCity) 2021 competition, which aims to collect initiatives for the national creativity and innovation ecosystem, has been launched by the Vietnamese Student Association in the Netherlands and the Global Network of Young Vietnamese Intellectuals.

VOV.VN - Locals going for a swim whilst wearing face masks and customers keeping a safe distance at eateries were among some of the popular images seen in central Da Nang city on June 9 - the first day when the social distancing order was eased.