VOV.VN - Over 400,000 residents in Ho Chi Minh City have been inoculated against COVID-19 over the past five days as part of the southern city’s ongoing vaccination campaign.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese pangasius exports to a number of potential markets, including Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Thailand, and Russia, have all enjoyed robust growth during the opening five months of the year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) will license Nano Covax, the locally-produced COVID-19 vaccine, for domestic use in the event that the vaccine gathers full scientific data, according to a MoH official.

HCM City has imposed stricter social distancing measures against COVID-19 by banning gatherings of more than three people and requesting people to maintain a minimum distance of 1.5 metre in public places, according to an urgent directive issued by the municipal People’s Committee on June 19.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City leads the way for aquatic exports over the opening five months of the year with turnover reaching US$356.5 million, making up approximately 11% of the country’s total seafood exports.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on June 16 hit back at rumours that a newly mutated strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has emerged and spread quickly in Ho Chi Minh City, the busiest and most populous city of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has logged an additional 71 coronavirus cases during the past 12 hours, including 23 locally acquired cases in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on June 15 morning.

VOV.VN - The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has decided to impose a social distancing order on the entire province, starting at 00.00 on June 12, after several community cases were recorded.

While new public-private partnership ventures and new legislation are in the gun barrel waiting for potential investors to join, possible concerns over risk protection are still in the way, possibly threatening the bankability of the country’s future transport plans.

Tran Tuan Anh, head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, said on June 1 that solutions are needed to create momentum for socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta.