VOV.VN - A 67-year-old man in the northern province of Nam Dinh has become the country’s 50th patient who died from COVID-19 and other underlying health issues, according to the Treatment Subcommittee of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Vietnamese community there on June 3 held a fund-raising event to support COVID-19 prevention and control efforts at home, especially the COVID-19 vaccine fund.

A Vietnamese delegation joined an international online conference on the preparation for the 2021 Army Games on June 3, which saw the participation of representatives from 40 countries and territories.

VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long held an online working session with representatives of Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company on the morning of June 4 to discuss the import of COVID-19 vaccine from the firm into Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The country recorded a trade deficit of US$369 million during the past five months of the year despite enjoying a trade surplus, according to data released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Though Euromonitor International estimates that although e-commerce made up just 3% of the Vietnamese retail market last year, the smallest figure among the major economies of Southeast Asia, the potential for growth remains alluring.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has granted approval for the local use of China’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in the event of an emergency.

VOV.VN - The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has recently issued a regulation on risk assessment and corresponding administrative measures regarding pandemic prevention and control, with four levels of risk specified by experts as part of the first (COVID-19) map.

Demand for deposits by individuals have increased significantly in recent months as people tended to switch to cashless payment methods, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A text message campaign for making donations to the fight against COVID-19 and the “vaccines for workers” programme were launched in Hanoi on June 3 as Vietnam exerts every effort to contain its latest outbreak.