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Hundreds of people have come to the HCM City Blood Donation Centre to ease the serious blood shortage amid the pandemic.

Russia is considering transferring technology for the production of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam, President of the Russian Federal Council (upper house) Valentina Ivanovna has said.

Vietnam confirmed 55 more Covid-19 infections as of Tuesday evening, raising the daily counts to 175, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Social distancing measures have been imposed in the central city of Ha Tinh from midday on Tuesday due to a Covid-19 outbreak in the area.

Vietnamese leaders have congratulated the national men's football team for their victory over Indonesia at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.

The Health Ministry reported the 54th Covid-19-related death on June 8.

The Hanoi Department of Transport has agreed on reducing 15% of bus services as a measure for Covid-19 prevention.

Ha Tinh Province is preparing to set up a field hospital to serve the rising number of Covid-19 infections.

Vietnam has recorded 76 more Covid-19 infections in the past six hours, raising the total number of patients in the country to 9,103 the Ministry of Health reported at noon on Tuesday.

The Golden Top Group has sent VND500m (USD21,700) to Dantri's charity programme to support Covid-19 frontline workers.

Property developer Vingroup has just established a company to produce a Covid-19 vaccine.

Over 6,000 volunteers have registered for the third-stage trial test of the Made-in-Vietnam Covid-19 vaccine, Nano Covax.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated a total of around VND130 million (USD5,652) for a poor and ailing man in the southern central province of Phu Yen.

The first batch of Hai Duong province’s Thanh Ha “thieu” lychees left Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on June 7 for the European Union (EU).

A total of 44 more Covid-19 cases were recorded in Vietnam in the past 12 hours to 6am on Tuesday, including one imported patient, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Thousands of Vietnamese Cambodian people are facing difficulties due to the decision by local authorities to dismantle their floating houses on the Mekong River.

An additional 45,000 square metres have been cleared for the construction of Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Vietnam affirmed their power as “king” of Southeast Asian football by routing Indonesia 4-0 at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, UAE on June 7 night to further solidify their Group G lead in the second round of the 2022

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged scientists and representatives of vaccine research and production units to step up research and technological transfer for the domestic production of vaccine against COVID-19 as early as possible.