VOV.VN - A patient receiving treatment at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi has died of COVID-19 and underlying illnesses, said the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 20 afternoon.

VOV.VN - A COVID-19 patient suffering from liver cancer has died at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, said the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 20.

VOV.VN - Of the 300 active COVID-19 cases in Bac Ninh, a coronavirus hotspot in northern Vietnam, 25 are now in a serious condition, with two relying on mechanical ventilation and one on dialysis, according to local doctors.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to accelerate negotiations on a priority travel mechanism towards resuming safe commercial flights between the two countries in order to boost their economic, trade, investment and tourism cooperation.

Vietnamese businesses have joined the Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo (M-Tech), which opened in Nagoya, the capital city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan on April 7.

Vietnam and Slovenia boast high potential of cooperation in manufacturing agro-forestry-fisheries machineries and equipment – an area of Slovenia’s strength and Vietnam’s demand, said Vu Ba Phu, head of the Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, at a recent online Vietnam-Slovenia business exchange.

VOV.VN - The nation is projected to receive 150 million doses of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines from foreign and domestic sources by 2022, with seven batches being supplied by British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca, global vaccine access mechanism COVAX, and other domestic producers.

After suffering a significant fall in revenue last year, the mechanical engineering industry has high hopes for recovery in 2021, given Vietnam’s good COVID-19 control and participation in free trade agreements.

VOV.VN - A COVID-19 patient in Da Nang city, central Vietnam, has received ECMO, a sophisticated therapy to save patients in critical condition.

Vietnamese exporters in the steel and mechanic sectors expect to get easier access to the UK market following the signing of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) last month.