VOV.VN - Visiting Luc Ngan district in the northern province of Bac Giang during the lychee season will leave guests feeling highly impressed by the long lines of vehicles transporting lychee baskets to every corner of the country.
The northern province of Bac Giang is striving to develop 32 urban areas by 2030, raising its urbanisation ratio to about 32.4% in 2025 and 45%-59% in 2030, according to Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Duong Van Thai.
VOV.VN - The Bac Giang provincial People's Committee hosted an online conference on June 8 to connect 30 locations both nationwide and abroad, including those in Japan, Australia, Singapore, and China for lychee consumption.
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.
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 - 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.
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.
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.
According to the General Statistic Office, in the first 5 months of this year, the industrial production index of Vietnam increased over the same period in 2020 despite the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on June 6 morning reported the latest detection of a further 39 locally-transmitted cases, with the majority found in Bac Giang at 21, Ho Chi Minh City at 10 and Bac Ninh at 8, thereby lifting the overall number of infections in Vietnam to 7,029.