The Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia on July 27 received a cash donation worth MYR13,130, or about US$3,100, from the local Vietnamese women’s union to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - Domestic retail prices of petrol endured a slight decrease from 15:00 p.m. on July 27, according to an announcement made by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on July 23 issued a document on intensifying the handling of fake news and untrue information about COVID-19 on the internet.

VOV.VN - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and VABIOTECH, one of the leading Vietnamese pharmaceutical companies, unveiled on July 21 that the initial test batch of the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 has been produced in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on July 17 reported that it had received more than VND1 trillion (US$43.47 million) in donations from organisations and individuals for the city's COVID-19 prevention and control fund since March 30 last year.

The Ministry of Finance and the management board of Vietnam's COVID-19 vaccine fund organised a ceremony on July 16 to receive more than VND81 billion (US$3.52 million) worth of donations from 18 organisations and individuals.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on July 15 received large sums of money and goods donated by several Consulates General and foreign enterprises in support of the southern city’s COVID-19 prevention and control fund.

VOV.VN - The Government has approved the Ministry of Health’s proposal to purchase 40 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand held a ceremony on July 11 to receive nearly THB1.5 million (US$46,100) donated by the Vietnamese community in the country to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan hosted a ceremony on July 6 in order to receive donations of approximately VND1.3 billion for the country’s COVID-19 vaccine fund from various Japanese trade unions and companies where Vietnamese interns are working.