VOV.VN - Vietnam received 1,188,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility on August 2, bringing the total number of COVAX-sponsored vaccine doses to the country to nearly 8.7 million.

The Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company on August 1 deployed a Mi-172 helicopter carrying COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment and supplies from Vung Tau airport to Con Dao island district in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) is working to implement electricity price reduction for consumers to help ease the impact of COVID-19.

Vietnamese telecommunications businesses have prevented more than 92,000 subscriptions from spreading spam calls, and more than 35 million fake calls in the first six months of the year, said the Ministry of Information and Communications.

VOV.VN - 2021 is a very special year for the Switzerland – Vietnam partnership as both countries celebrate 50 years of their diplomacy and 30 years of their effective development cooperation, according to Ivo Sieber, Ambassador of Switzerland to Vietnam.

Semiconductor chip shortage has caused a crisis for major automobile producers in the world, forcing them to suspend production and extend the time to deliver their products, but for Vietnamese ones, the impacts are quite minor as they still can ensure normal production and business activities.

The quality of skilled labour in Vietnam is still not meeting minimum standards, according to Le Thi Xuan Quynh, an official from the Central Institute for Economic Management.

Vietnam attaches importance to its traditional friendship with Romania, which has been nurtured by generations of leaders and people of both countries over the past more than seven decades, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the results of the third administrative review for Vietnam’s oil country tubular goods (OCTG) for the period from September 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019, according to Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Industry of Trade.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has initiated plans to sell 4,000 tickets for a match between Vietnam and Australia in the final round of qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with the fixture set to take place on September 7 at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.