VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has agreed to earmark an additional VND7.65 trillion for purchasing AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for domestic use.

The national COVID-19 vaccine fund received over VND7.95 trillion (US$344.5 million) as of June 30 afternoon, its management board said.

VOV.VN - As many as 189 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in five localities across Vietnam during the past 12 hours, raising its national cumulative caseload to 17,052.

VOV.VN - A further 240 people, including seven entrants tested positive for the SASR-CoV-2 virus on the evening of June 30, thereby raising the daily infection count to 450, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The brookings.edu website of Brookings Institution, a research group based in the United States, has published an article hailing Vietnamese success in combating the COVID-19 pandemic due to their strong and durable institutions.

Vietnam’s Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) adoption rate reached 44%, ranking second in ASEAN and 10th globally, according to the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).

VOV.VN - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Danang City People’s Committee launched a project promoting urban energy security in Danang at an online event on June 30.

VOV.VN - A further 116 fresh active COVID-19 cases, including one imported infection were confirmed by the Ministry of Health during an update at midday on June 30, thereby raising the total number of infections to 13,771 since the virus recurred in the nation two months ago.

Minister of State for Trade Policy under the UK Department for International Trade Greg Hands and UK Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward visited British University Vietnam’s (BUV) campus and attended the Inauguration Ceremony of BUV’s newly expanded campus area.

VOV.VN - A court in the central province of Quang Tri sentenced two Nigerian nationals to death on June 29 for trafficking approximately 14 kilograms of drugs.

VOV.VN - After moving to loosen novel coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, Hanoi has once again been hit by a series of traffic jams as local people head out in droves to resume their normal routine.

VOV.VN - Roughly 20,000 residents of Phu Tho Hoa ward in Tan Phu district of Ho Chi Minh City had their samples taken as part of COVID-19 testing on June 29, with the aim of testing five million people in all districts by July 5.

VOV.VN - The Indian Embassy in Hanoi and the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications recently co-hosted a webinar on information and communications technology (ICT) cooperation between India and Vietnam amid the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other international organisations in Geneva has called on the Vietnamese community in Geneva and surrounding areas to support Vietnam's COVID-19 prevention and control fund.

Police in the southern border province of Binh Phuoc have launched criminal proceedings against three coach drivers for organising illegal exit for foreigners.

VOV.VN - The nation recorded 94 more domestic COVID-19 cases, including 93 domestic infections and one imported case in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 30, with Ho Chi Minh accounting for the most at 62, said the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Two more elderly patients have died of COVID-19 and other underlying illnesses in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health said on June 29 evening.

VOV.VN - The Japanese government has decided to donate an additional one million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Vietnam and the consignment is due to arrive in July, said the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 172 new locally transmitted and three imported coronavirus cases in 17 cities and provinces during the past six hours, raising its 24-hour caseload to 372, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 06.00pm COVID-19 update on June 29.

The New Zealand Embassy in Hanoi is working with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to provide immediate financial support for 420 female workers from factories in Bac Giang and Bac Ninh which have been economically affected by the recent COVID-19 outbreak.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has proposed that the World Bank (WB) help Vietnamn research and produce its own COVID-19 vaccines.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has moved to boost COVID-19 prevention and control measures at wet markets after the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread to these crowded areas.

VOV.VN - Samples of Covivac, a Vietnamese produced coronavirus vaccine, have been sent to Canada for evaluation of its effectiveness, according to Prof. Dr. Dang Duc Anh, director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).

Ten outstanding works were honoured at the awards ceremony of the contest “Men take action – Stop Violence against Women” held at the Green One United Nations House in Hanoi on June 28.

Regular international flights can be gradually resumed by the end of 2021 as the COVID-19 situation will improve in the second half of the year when vaccination is accelerated in Vietnam and in the world, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - As many as 102 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 11 cities and provinces of Vietnam during the past six hours, the Ministry of Health said in its 12.00am COVID-19 update on June 29.

VOV.VN - Two patients in Ho Chi Minh City have died of COVID-19 and other underlying health conditions, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on June 29.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has jumped four places to rank 79th in the latest World Happiness Report 2021 released by the United Nations.

VOV.VN - The current hot spell is likely to continue heating up both the northern and central regions over the next few days and will remain until July 4.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong has signed a decision to conditionally approve the Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine known as Moderna for emergency use in Vietnam.