The Ministry of National Defence presented its medical equipment aid for the Lao Ministry of Defence at a symbolic handover ceremony in Hanoi on June 17, which was attended by Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang.

VOV.VN - Following Prime Minister Pham Minh Chin’s order to shut down 'non-essential' shops in Ho Chi Minh City until June 29 due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), many streets in the southern city have been left virtually deserted.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on June 16 received VND10 billion (some US$431,700) from the Republic of Korea’s Hyosung Vietnam Co. Ltd. to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - As many as 220 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam during the past six hours, raising the country’s cumulative tally of infections to 12,014, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh and Chairwoman of the city’s Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Lan Huong have called on local organisations, businesses and people to donate to the city’s COVID-19 vaccination programme.

VOV.VN - The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) has broken up a transnational drug trafficking ring from Europe to Vietnam, detaining 16 suspects and seizing 127 kg of narcotics.

VOV.VN - A container ship carrying an additional two trains for Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No. 1 has departed Japan and is scheduled to dock at Khanh Hoi Port in the city’s District 4 on June 20.

VOV.VN - A communal police officer has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the fifth case in central Nghe An province, according to the provincial Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

The Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) wrapped up a three-week training course on International Mine Action Standards Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Level 3 in the central province of Quang Tri on June 16.

Pfizer vaccine is only supplied via bilateral deals with Governments, said John Paul Pullicino from Pfizer Vietnam during an online training session for market management staff on June 16.

The Vietnamese community in Australia has raised funds in support of the fight against COVID-19 in their homeland.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is set to allow F1 cases involving individuals who came into first-hand contact with a OVID-19 patient to quarantine at home in an effort to ease pressure on concentrated isolation facilities, as well as frontline healthcare workers.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on June 16 hit back at rumours that a newly mutated strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has emerged and spread quickly in Ho Chi Minh City, the busiest and most populous city of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Nearly one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, a gift of the Japanese government and people to the government and people of Vietnam, arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi late on June 16.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded an additional 159 coronavirus cases, including 158 locally acquired infections, in eight localities nationwide during the past 12 hours, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its 06.00am COVID-19 update.

VOV.VN - The nation reported a total of 423 new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on June 16, including 414 domestic infections and 9 imported ones, according to details provided by the Ministry of Health.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently issued a directive asking relevant ministries and localities to ensure stable jobs, improve life quality and working conditions of labourers, especially factory workers nationwide.

The US-based The Diplomat on June 15 ran an article describing the “unusually hard spot” Vietnam is in right now, with a surge in new COVID-19 cases and the low rate of vaccinations, and analyzing how the country is going to get through this.

Vietnam and Iran planned to hold a webinar next month to improve their technological cooperation, Mehr News of Iran reported on June 15.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Bac Ninh is poised to lift some social-distancing restrictions placed on Yen Phong district and several communes of Que Vo district, with the move set to take effect from June 16.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of a further 174 community transmissions of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), along with two imported infections which were immediately put into isolation upon arrival, at midday on June 16.

VOV.VN - It is impossible to say whether or not a drug or vaccine is absolutely safe, and in order to evaluate a vaccine both short-term and long-term safety must be considered, according to health experts.

The Director of Save Vietnam's Wildlife, Nguyen Van Thai, has become the first Vietnamese wildlife conservationist and the only Asian so far to receive the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize - the world’s most prestigious award for grassroots environmental activists.

A special prize will be awarded for the first time ever at the 15th National Press Awards ceremony, the judging panel said on June 15.

Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Vietnam’s Viettel Global JSC and Lao Asia Telecom, on June 15 presented 200 million LAK (US$21,160) to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - As many as 91 further domestic COVID-19 infections, and one imported case were confirmed by the Ministry of Health over the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 16.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is going to launch the largest ever vaccination campaign in an effort to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on June 15 approved HCM City’s proposal to purchase and import COVID-19 vaccines for local use.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education led by Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the commission, on June 15 visited and congratulated press agencies on the 96th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and US non-profit organisation STEAM for Vietnam Foundation on June 15 announced a new long-term partnership to provide children in Vietnam with equitable learning opportunities on STEAM.