VOV.VN - Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, deputy head of the Vietnamese Mission to the UN, shared some of the difficulties countries and people in the Central African region are facing due to the impact of issues such as violence, challenges relating to socio-economic development, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - An additional 83 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were reported on June 5 evening, thereby raising the national daily tally to 246, according to data released by the Health Ministry.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has asked the Ministry of Health to consider administering COVID-19 vaccines to foreign experts in Vietnam, according to a notice of the Government’s Office.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, met on June 4 with representatives from associations and businesses that have contributed ideas and support to the Fund for Vaccination Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh asked localities to outline scenarios for natural disaster responses amid the COVID-19 pandemic at an online national conference on national disaster prevention and control, and research and rescue on June 4.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 31 assigned the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) to submit proposals to President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the presentation of gifts to people who rendered services to the nation on the occasion of the 74th War Invalids and Martyrs Day.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked authorities and relevant forces to work hard to prevent COVID-19 in lockdown areas in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang from spreading to safe areas or adjacent localities.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 27 requested the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to continue speeding up the implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures to prevent the pandemic from spreading to other industrial zones.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on May 25 evening confirmed a total of 447 new COVID-19 cases, including three imported infections in Tien Giang, and 444 local transmissions across 10 localities, with Bac Giang topping the list at 375.

Ho Chi Minh City’s local authorities are cooperating with health centres and agencies to set up polling sites and finish preparations for the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils for the 2021-26 tenure on May 23.