VOV.VN - The nation has joined with India to discuss fresh measures aimed at boosting co-operation in UN peacekeeping activities during the course of an online workshop held on June 17.

Car sales have dropped sharply because of the fourth COVID-19 outbreak, prompting dealers to offer big discounts.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on June 17 handed over more than VND6.2 billion raised by Vietnamese nationals abroad and some organisations to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee in support of the national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Vietnam-Laos trade expanded in the first five months of 2021 after a decline triggered by COVID-19, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Laos.

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.