VOV.VN - The third batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Japanese Government is set to arrive at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport on the morning of July 9, according to information from the Japanese side.

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.

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 - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) swiftly put forward a draft resolution to the Government to assist both employers and employees who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended a high-level online meeting of the UN to discuss fighting HIV/AIDS, which is taking place from June 8 to 10 at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn in China’s Chongqing city on June 7.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has recently recommended the Government use its VND62 trillion (USS$2.6 billion) aid package to support workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee handed over VND54.5 billion (US$2.36 million) in donations to the Ministry of National Defence (MoD) on May 24 to assist COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

VOV.VN - At the ASEAN Committee in Bern (ACB) activity programme, Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Le Linh Lan and a diplomats from ASEAN members held a virtual working session with Swiss-based biotech conglomerate Roche Group to discuss co-operation in the COVID-19 fight.

Nearly 10% of Vietnamese firms lack capital and money for their business, especially micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), because of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, General Secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Nguyen Quang Vinh has said.