The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) Central Committee on June 17 received 35,000 medical face masks and 1,000 Nano silver disinfectant bottles presented by the International WeLoveU Foundation to support the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

A contract on a bidding package worth VND30 trillion (nearly US$1.29 billion) on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Quang Trach 1 thermal power plant in the central province of Quang Binh was signed in Hanoi on June 17.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) has been honoured as the Leading Contact Center Vietnam 2021 by the Global Banking & Finance Review (GBAF).

VOV.VN - A Bamboo Airways flight bringing the Vietnamese national football team home landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on June 17, after successfully completing their task in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during their World Cup qualifiers.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, has invited him to visit China at an appropriate time, during their phone talks on June 17.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on June 16 received VND10 billion (some US$431,700) from the Republic of Korea’s Hyosung Vietnam Co. Ltd. to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, has told a UNSC meeting that the most important factor in fighting terrorism today is to unite, intensify international cooperation and support countries to strengthen their capacity of combating international terrorism.

The Vietnam People’s Navy and the Royal Cambodian Navy co-organised the 63rd annual joint maritime patrol on June 14-15.

The English version of the Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies (JABES-E) has been included in the list of Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

A webinar on boosting business-to-business (B2B) transactions between Vietnam and Venezuela took place on June 16 in a bid to deepen the bilateral ties toward effectiveness.