VOV.VN - The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee has proposed disciplining Hanoi Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long and other ranking officials for their accountability linked to wrongdoings at the COVID-19 test kit case at Viet A company.

The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held the 13th meeting from March 28-31 to look into wrongdoings related to some ministries and agencies, including the COVID-19 test kit case at Viet A company.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has spent a total of VND19,900 billion (roughly US$865 million), importing COVID-19 test kits since the pandemic broke out in 2020, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has urged the Government to early issue a master plan on COVID-19 prevention and control for 2022-2023 to deal with many urgent issues such as COVID-19 test kit prices, the opening of tourism sector amid the rising infection number.

The police have recovered, distrained and frozen properties of people involving in the COVID-19 test kit overcharging at Viet A Technologies JSC, Lt. Gen. To An Xo, Chief of Office and spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security told reporters during a recent routine Government press conference.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue witnessed the handover of donations of medical supplies to Vietnam and the signing of several agreements between Vietnamese and European businesses at a ceremony held in Helsinki on September 11, as part of the top legislator's official visit to Finland.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)'s Government has donated 7.5 million syringes to Ho Chi Minh City to support the city’s COVID-19 vaccination program, the Consulate General of the RoK in HCM City announced recently.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong on July 2 received 190,000 COVID-19 testing kits donated by the German states of Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Saxony-Anhalt in support of the nation’s COVID-19 fight.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on June 14 presented 2,000 COVID-19 test kits worth VND600 million (US$26,000) to Nepal to aid the country’s COVID-19 fight.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on April 2 sent a thank-you letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for Vietnam’s donation of US$200,000 to support Cambodia’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.