VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese universities have been honoured in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is trying to secure at least 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from different sources for domestic use in order to reach herd immunity by late 2021 or early 2022, according to Minister of Health Dr Nguyen Thanh Long.

A medical robot manufactured by the Military Technology Academy to support COVID-19 prevention and control activities was sent to the current largest pandemic hot spot in the northern province of Bac Giang on June 1.

VOV.VN - For the first time, Vietnamese scientists have successfully developed a technological process used for sequencing the SARS-CoV-2 virus genome through PacBio long-read genome sequencing technologies.

Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti, head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam, told President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 1 that he is willing to support Vietnam in accessing COVID-19 vaccine sources and vaccine technology transfer from Europe.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, during his meeting with COVAX Facility representatives on May 31, proposed building a plant in Vietnam to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines for COVAX and countries worldwide.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 30 cabled a letter to US President Joe Biden, expecting the US will continue to help Vietnam and other countries get access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies.

VOV.VN - Following the first consignment of Vietnamese lychees arriving in Japan, a total of five tonnes of fresh lychees originating from the northern province of Bac Giang are being exported to the United States.

The central city of Da Nang has maintained its leading position in terms of readiness for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) development and application, topping the Vietnam ICT Index rankings for another year in 2020.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese official on May 24 welcomed the World Health Organisation’s initiative on establishing a COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer hub, saying it is a concrete example of a new global mechanism to prepare for future pandemics.