VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long on June 8 had separate meetings with ambassadors of Switzerland, France and Australia in Hanoi, to seek the countries’ assistance with COVID-19 vaccine supplies.

VOV.VN - Sixty-four people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in five localities in Vietnam, during the past 12 hours, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its 06.00am COVID-19 update.

VOV.VN - The nation registered 53 additional COVID-19 infections between midday and six p.m. on June 8, boosting the daily tally to 171, with the majority of cases detected in the current hotspots of Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, and Ho Chi Minh City, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in Trung Khanh district of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang said on June 8 that they have arrested four Chinese citizens who were trying to enter the nation illegally.

VOV.VN - Hanoi is forecast to experience torrential downpours from June 8 to June 10 with the majority of rainfall occurring in the evening and at night, according to the latest warning issued by the National Center for Hydro-meteorology Forecasting.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland held a ceremony on June 7 to raise donations for Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention and control fund in response to the appeals by the State President, Prime Minister, Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and Foreign Ministry.

VOV.VN - A 51-year-old man from the northern province of Hung Yen has become the country’s 54th patient who died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the Treatment Subcommittee of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - Social distancing measures has been imposed in the central city of Ha Tinh on June 8 noon under the Prime Minister’s directive 16 amid increasingly complicated developments relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the city.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of 75 new community transmissions of COVID-19, and one imported infection which was immediately put into isolation upon arrival at midday on June 8.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia on June 7 launched a programme to raise funds for Vietnam's national COVID-19 vaccine fund in response to the call of the President, the Prime Minister, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - A further 43 local COVID-19 cases and one imported infection were recorded on June 8 morning, with current hotspots of Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Ho Chi Minh City taking the most, according to data released by the Health Ministry.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has logged an additional 100 COVID-19 cases, including 75 locally transmitted infections, during the past six hours, raising the country’s daily count to 236.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony on June 7 to receive US$4,350 from Dr Phan Bich Thien, a Vietnamese Hungarian, to support COVID-19 prevention and control activities in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore has called on staff, businesses, organisations, and members of the overseas Vietnamese community in Singapore to support COVID-19 prevention efforts back home.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed an additional 92 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in five Vietnamese localities, with Bac Giang, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot, logging 68 cases alone.

Vietnam has for the first time launched a national programme to protect children online in an attempt to make the internet a healthy and safe place for children to learn, socialise and express themselves.

VOV.VN - A mobile air-conditioned COVID-19 testing booth has been set up and put into use in the current COVID-19 hotspot of Bac Giang province as part of efforts to help local healthcare workers deal with the impact of the recent heat wave during their work to fight the pandemic.

In addition to ensuring maritime safety in the surrounding territorial waters, lighthouses on islands of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in Truong Sa district of the south central province of Khanh Hoa, have also affirmed Vietnam's sovereignty over seas and islands.

VOV.VN - The air quality around Hanoi capital plunged to worse levels on June 6 due to a combination of post – rice harvest straw burning and hot temperatures.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia has sent the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee’s appeal to overseas Vietnamese in the country to raise funds for the fight against COVID-19 in the homeland.

The National Hospital of Traditional Medicine under the Ministry of Public Security has researched a thermal shockproof T-shirt to help health workers who are on the front lines to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Health Ministry has announced that Vietnam will have more than 120 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2021.

VOV.VN - The authorities of Prey Veng province in Cambodia announced on June 6 that a 69-year-old Vietnamese citizen who had previously tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus died after undergoing a week of treatment.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed on June 7 that a local resident who runs a fruit and vegetable stall in a wet market in Dong Anh town of Hanoi capital has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - A magnitude 3.3 earthquake on the Richter scale jolted Bac Tra My, a mountainous district of Quang Nam province, central Vietnam, on the morning of June 7.

VOV.VN - Organisations and individuals have so far committed more than VND5.6 trillion to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund since it was established not long ago to support the national vaccination campaign.

VOV.VN - Forty-four people have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, including 12 in Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s most bustling and populous city.

The Quang Trung Software City Development Co in HCM City is collaborating with the city Departments of Information and Communications and Science and Technology to set up a centre for supporting businesses achieve digital transformation, it says on its website.

VOV.VN - A total of 201 new domestic cases of COVID-19 across six Vietnamese localities were confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV2-virus by the Ministry of Health on June 6, with Bac Giang, Bac Ninh and Ho Chi Minh City suffering the most infections.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has proposed an eight-month exemption of health insurance premiums, until January next year, for labourers and firms victimised by COVID-19.