The Ministry of Public Security has issued a decision to prosecute and arrest Nguyen Duy Linh, former deputy head of the ministry's General Department of Intelligence, for his involvement in the bribery of Phan Van Anh Vu.

VOV.VN - Many restaurants and hair salons throughout Hanoi reopened on the morning of June 22 after being closed for nearly a month as part of the country’s ongoing COVID-19 fight, with the reopening proving particularly popular among local people.

VOV.VN - The United States unveiled plans on June 21 to share an additional 55 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with more than 50 countries, including Vietnam, as part of their latest efforts to strengthen the global response to the coronavirus pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi has expressed his sympathy for the hardships and obstacles Vietnamese journalists are facing when working in one of the COVID-19 hardest hit nations.

The Border Guard Command of central Quang Tri province said on June 21 that they have arrested a Lao man when he was en route to illegally transport 38,000 pills of synthetic drugs into Vietnam.

The Lao-Viet Joint Venture Bank has donated LAK50 million (US$5,200) to Vietnam's National COVID-19 Vaccine Fund.

VOV.VN - The local infection tally in Vietnam's latest COVID-19 wave has increased to 10,257 after the Health Ministry confirmed 47 more new community transmissions on June 21 morning.

VOV.VN - Two elderly patients in Vietnam have died of COVID-19 and other underlying health conditions, raising the country’s total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 69.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed an additional 135 coronavirus cases in eight localities nationwide during the past six hours, raising its daily caseload to 272, with Ho Chi Minh City representing more than half of the total.

96 years ago on June 21, 1925, the first issue of Thanh nien newspaper representing the voice of Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League founded by President Ho Chi Minh was published, marking the birth of Vietnam’s revolutionary press as the country remained under the yoke of French colonial rule.

The multidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam reduced from 9.9 % in 2016 to 4.5 % in last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - A 20-year-old student has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, the first of its kind in the centrally-run city.

VOV.VN - A 75-year-old man of Ho Chi Minh City has died of COVID-19 and other underlying illnesses, raising Vietnam’s total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 67.

Two more trains with total six carriages for Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) arrived in the city’s Khanh Hoi port from Japan on June 20.

Literacy classes have been organized for more than 300,000 people aged 15 – 60, over the last eight years, the Ministry of Education and Training unveiled during a recent video teleconference (VTC).

VOV.VN - An additional 90 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in six Vietnamese localities over six hours, including 63 cases in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plans to focus on health, public investment and human resource development in its activities in Vietnam in fiscal year 2021, which began on April 1, JICA's chief representative in Vietnam Shimizu Akira has confirmed.

VOV.VN - Hanoi's Center for Disease Control (CDC) said on June 20 that it has made a proposal for loosening COVID-19 restrictions, as the latest outbreak was brought under control.

VOV.VN - Roughly 5,500 workers in the Tan Thuan export processing zone in Ho Chi Minh City were inoculated against the COVID-19 pandemic on June 20 as part of the southern city’s widespread vaccination campaign.

The Consulate Department under the Foreign Ministry has advised Vietnamese fans travelling to Russia on FAN IDs to use the document on the right purpose and obey the host country’s regulations to avoid legal problems or being stuck at foreign airports amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised press agencies and journalists for their hard work and contributions to the fight against COVID-19 pandemic on the occasion of the 96th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on June 20 confirmed two positive COVID-19 cases on board a plane carrying the national football squad back from the United Arab Emirates.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the busiest and most populous locality in Vietnam, has overtaken Bac Ninh province in the north to become the second worst affected locality during the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

Health declaration, contact tracing, and testing apps have been proving the effectiveness of technology in the fight against COVID-19 in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - An additional 94 new domestic cases were confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV-2-virus by the Ministry of Health on June 20 evening, bringing the daily infection count to 311, with Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Giang province reporting the most infections at 137, and 96.

The central coastal city of Da Nang has again closed public beaches and temporarily banned indoor dining, while takeaways and deliveries are encouraged, according to a new order.

HCM City has imposed stricter social distancing measures against COVID-19 by banning gatherings of more than three people and requesting people to maintain a minimum distance of 1.5 metre in public places, according to an urgent directive issued by the municipal People’s Committee on June 19.

The number of participants in the Vietnamese language proficiency exams in Japan has increased over the past years, and those passing the tests have also been on the rise, showing the growing interest of Japanese people in the language.

Vietnam’s national count of COVID-19 cases has crossed the milestone of 10,000 more than a month after the resurgence of the virus began in late April, wreaking havoc on multiple major industrial parks where thousands of factory workers have become infected.

The Government on June 19 issued a resolution on the purchase of 30 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ordered by the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC).