Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 24 suggested establishing a COVID-19 vaccine fund to mobilise resources for the country’s vaccine strategy.

VOV.VN - In its foreign policy, Vietnam attaches great importance to developing the friendly neighborliness and comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership with China, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese official on May 24 welcomed the World Health Organisation’s initiative on establishing a COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer hub, saying it is a concrete example of a new global mechanism to prepare for future pandemics.

The Indonesian-based Gojek will launch car-hailing and e-payments in Vietnam this year, which Grab and the Be Group have offered for a couple of years already.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded a total of 184 more locally transmitted coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, with the country’s two largest COVID-19 hotspots, Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, displaying no signs of abating.

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.

Vietnam’s textile and garment exports grew 9% to over US$9.5 billion in the first four months of 2021, with shipments of cord fabric and fibre and yarn increasing 35.7% and 43.4%, respectively, year-on-year.

The elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels in the 2021-2026 tenure on May 23 were a success, NA General Secretary and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong has affirmed.

Vietnam’s general elections have grabbed attention of global and regional media outlets which highlighted the event’s importance to the country, the special circumstances of the elections and the role of the new legislature to the national development.

Bus companies, railway and airline firms have been struggling to survive amid the impacts of COVID-19 for a year and a half.