Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese auto-maker VinFast Trading and Production LLC still enjoyed a month-on-month increase of 5% in sales in May, to 2,855 vehicles.

VOV.VN - The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 10 to receive money from Steve Bui & Friends Foundation and other foreign companies in support of the nation’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Competent agencies in the United States have granted licenses to national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to conduct 12 repatriation flights this year in order to bring home Vietnamese citizens currently in the US.

VOV.VN - The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is offering support to personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturers based in developing nations, including Vietnam to supply reliable and quality PPE products.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue, who is also Chairman of the National Election Council (NEC), chaired the council’s seventh meeting in Hanoi on June 10.

VOV.VN - China is anticipated to become a major market for Vietnamese garments and textiles moving forward due to the country facing numerous challenges when exporting items to the United States, the EU, and Japan this year.

VOV.VN - The infection tally in the nation’s latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) wave has increased to 6,536 following the Health Ministry confirming 86 more fresh community transmissions at midday on June 10.

VOV.VN - Through the efforts of the entire political system coupled with the solidarity of local people, Ho Chi Minh City has been able to largely contain the four wave of COVID-19 infections, according to Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

Vietnam is accelerating efforts to secure adequate vaccine supplies amidst a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in the country, said Dr Le Hong Hiep, a Senior Fellow at Singapore-based ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, in a commentary published on fulcrum.sg on June 8.

More than VND90 million (about US$4,400) was collected during a fundraising ceremony to call for donations to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund at the Vietnamese embassy in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, on June 9.