VOV.VN - Approximately 1.5% of Vietnamese population has joined blood donation drives, with more than 1.4 million units of blood being collected last year, according to figures compiled by the Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee gave opinions on the draft revised Law on Protection of Consumer Rights at a meeting in Hanoi on June 13.

VOV.VN - The 42nd meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) opened in Vietnam’s Da Nang City on June 13 to review the implementation of the work programme of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) for the 2021-2025 period.

The People’s Committee of Binh Thuan, which hosts the Visit Vietnam Year 2023, is implementing a project on ensuring security and safety in tourism activities, with an aim to make the south-central province a safe, friendly and quality destination.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on June 12 received member of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee and First Secretary of the Havana Party Committee Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, who is on a Vietnam visit.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chaired a meeting of the NA Standing Committee in Hanoi on June 12.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is ready to further promote links with Chungcheongbuk province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in potential fields such as high technology, semiconductor manufacturing, and green agriculture, said Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, chaired the committee's 20th meeting via teleconference with all 63 provinces and centrally-run cities of the country.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Quoc Tri and Mozambican Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Manuel José Gonçalves co-chaired the fourth meeting of the Vietnam – Mozambique Intergovernmental Committee on Economic, Culture and Scientific-Technological Cooperation on May 30 in the Mozambique capital of Maputo.

VOV.VN - At the ongoing fifth session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) held on May 29, Nguyen Lan Hieu of the NA Delegation of Binh Dinh province suggested that the end of COVID-19 should be announced.