Ho Chi Minh City will build a new field hospital with 1,000 beds at Phu Tho Stadium in District 11 if the number of COVID-19 infections reaches over 1,000.

Vietnam has to date spent more than VND8 trillion (some US$347 million) on implementing policies for COVID-19 prevention and control, the Ministry of Finance announced on June 2.

The northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, which have been hardest stricken by the COVID-19 pandemic, are working to help local enterprises resume operations, while ensuring the health of their workers, local leaders said on June 2.

The Ministry of Finance has issued a decision on the establishment of a managing board of the Fund for Vaccination Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is trying to secure at least 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from different sources for domestic use in order to reach herd immunity by late 2021 or early 2022, according to Minister of Health Dr Nguyen Thanh Long.

VOV.VN - The US-sponsored John Midgett coast guard ship, a Hamilton-class cutter, has departed from Seattle (Washington) and is expected to arrive in Vietnam in the coming days.

VOV.VN - A total of 56 locally transmitted coronavirus cases have been logged in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, with Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces alone recording 52 cases.

Russia has agreed to provide Vietnam with 20 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V this year, Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said on June 2.

Regarding the probe recently launched into the Revival Ekklesia Mission for “spreading dangerous infectious diseases in humans”, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang said every citizen is equal before the law, and anyone who commits violation of the law will be dealt with.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed a further 241 more local COVID-19 cases on June 2, with Bac Giang province and Ho Chi Minh City reporting the most at 157 and 31.

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum held a ceremony at the martyrs’ cemetery in Ngoc Hoi district on June 2 to rebury the remains of nine Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, who laid down their lives in Laos during wartime.

VOV.VN - The first free ATM rice machine was put into operation on June 2 in Ho Chi Minh City as a means of helping poor people in the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspot.

VOV.VN - Torrential rain falling at a rate of between 80mm and 150mm per hour is expected to cool the country's northern region from the evening of June 3.

VOV.VN - Military forces thoroughly sprayed disinfectant throughout a number of streets, residential areas, markets, and schools in Go Vap district of Ho Chi Minh City on June 1 following a significant number of COVID-19 cases being found.

VOV.VN - A total of 48 fresh COVID-19 cases were detected domestically across three localities, including 35 in Bac Giang, 11 Bac Ninh, and two in Hanoi, according to a report by the Ministry of Health released at noon on May 31.

Hanoi will pilot the rental of electric bicycles to facilitate connection among local bus routes and the bus rapid transit (BRT) system since the third quarter of this year.

A medical robot manufactured by the Military Technology Academy to support COVID-19 prevention and control activities was sent to the current largest pandemic hot spot in the northern province of Bac Giang on June 1.

VOV.VN - Images of poor workers having quick lunches under the extreme heat are a common sight around midday on the streets of Hanoi following eateries being forced to close and only allow take-away services as a means of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - A 63-year-old woman from the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has been named among a list of 20 inspirational women in 2021 compiled by Forbes Vietnam for teaching thousands of local children how to swim for free, despite being deep in poverty herself.

VOV.VN - Both Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City are set to continue receiving foreign passengers, according to information released by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - For the first time, Vietnamese scientists have successfully developed a technological process used for sequencing the SARS-CoV-2 virus genome through PacBio long-read genome sequencing technologies.

Nearly VND3.5 trillion (US$151.93 million) has been raised for the fight against COVID-19 via the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the Ministry of Health since May 1.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 53 further fresh domestic COVID-19 cases on June 2 morning in three localities, with Bac Ninh hotspot continuing registering the growing number of local transmissions at 48, while three were found in Bac Ninh, and two in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - A 76-year-old man hailing from Lang Son province has died of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said the Ministry of Health on June 1 evening.

The Vietnam CITES Management Authority and the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources handed over 56 rhino horn DNA samples to the South African Embassy in Vietnam on June 1.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has requested activities held as part of the Action Month for the Environment in response to World Environment Day on June 5 be organised in accordance with COVID-19 prevention and control regulations.

The Hanoi Department of Public Security on June 1 issued a wanted notice for Le Van Dung, alias Le Dung Vova, who was charged with anti-State propaganda.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed an additional 89 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in 10 localities across the country over six hours, with Dong Thap, a locality in southern Vietnam, recording the first infection.

Deputy Minister of National Defence, Lieut. Gen. Vu Hai San on June 1 urged military units to roll out COVID-19 prevention and control measures synchronously and effectively, saying they must be done sooner and at a higher level.

VOV.VN - Two severe COVID-19 patients, including one relying on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), have been successfully saved by doctors working at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No. 2 in Hanoi.