Close to 1,000 households of Cambodians of Vietnamese-origin have followed the Phnom Penh authorities’ June 2 notice on relocating floating houses and fish farming rafts along the Tonle Sap river in seven days.

The national COVID-19 vaccine fund received more than 4.84 trillion VND (210.2 million USD) worth of donations from 283,169 organisations and individuals as of 5pm on June 12, according to the fund's management board.

The Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic on June 11 granted 500 million VND (21,720 USD), donated by the Vietnamese community in the country, to Vietnam's national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the approval of a programme to protect and support children to interact in cyber environment in a healthy and creative manner in the 2021-2025 period by Vietnamese Government.

More than 93,000 students in Hanoi began their high school entrance exams on the morning of June 12.

The tourism sector of the southernmost province of Ca Mau is taking measures to adapt to the “new normal” situation amid complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that it had remained free of COVID-19 so far.

Businesses that have failed to meet COVID-19 prevention and control requirements must be suspended, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a meeting in Hanoi on June 11.

Financial relief packages and free supply of rice and other essential goods are among the many initiatives being taken by the Government and charity organisations to help workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic has contributed 500 million VND (21,760 USD) to the COVID-19 vaccine fund in the homeland.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has commended a 98-year-old man for his charitable activities in support of thousands of underprivileged people.

Fund-raising programmes to support the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in the homeland were launched by Vietnamese embassies in Tanzania, Mexico, and South Africa on June 10.

An appeal trial for the case related to violations of regulations on banking activities and abuse of trust to appropriate assets at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Binh Ha Livestock JSC and Trung Dung Trade and Tourism Co. Ltd. will take place from June 28-30, the High-level People’s Court in Hanoi announced on June 11.

More than 93,000 students in Hanoi are set to take the high school entrance exams this weekend and measures are in place to ensure COVID-19 safety.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany held a ceremony in Berlin on June 10 to present Vietnam’s Friendship Order and Friendship Medal to two German friends in honour of their active contributions to strengthening solidarity, friendship and people-to-people exchange between the two peoples.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 10 presented 5,000 national flags to fishermen through the programme “One million national flags for fishermen.”

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has managed outstanding socio-economic development in the first five months of this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to its People’s Committee.

Vietnamese representative agencies in Cambodia will continue keeping a close watch on Cambodia’s plan of relocating floating houses, fish farming rafts and illegal floating works on the Mekong River passing through Phnom Penh and the Vietnamese community situation, and work with the Khmer – Vietnamese Association in Cambodia to support affected people, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

The Vietnamese Party and State consider public consensus, responsibility, and social resources as important factors in wiping out the pandemic, and in such a spirit, the Prime Minister on May 26 issued Resolution No 53/NQ-CP and Decision No 779/QD-TTg on the establishment of a COVID-19 national vaccine fund to receive, manage, and use donations in cash and kind to import, study, and produce vaccines at home, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.

Hanoi targets increasing the proportion of trained workers in the city to 75-80 percent by 2030 under a strategy on labour market development built by the municipal People’s Committee.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on June 10 to receive donations in cash and kind from the Steve Bui & Friends Foundation, the Phuong Long Nhien Co. Ltd., and the Cosmos Japan Creation JSC in support of Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19.