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Additional 88 domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases reported Vietnam logged 97 new COVID-19 cases, including 88 domestic and nine imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on June 22, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said. Most of the new cases were detected in Ho Chi Minh City, with 63 infections, and the remainders were discovered in Bac Giang (12), Bac Ninh (6), Hung Yen (2), Nghe An (1) and Hanoi (1). By 6pm on June 22, the country had recorded a total of 12,010 domestically-transmitted infections and 1,717 imported cases. The number of locally-transmitted cases since the fourth COVID-19 wave hit Vietnam on April 27 amounted to 10,875, including 2,772 recoveries. According to the MoH’s Medical Service Administration, 5,546 patients have given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 to date, while the death toll related to the disease was 69. Among active patients undergoing treatment, 377 have tested negative to the virus once, 132 twice and 141 thrice./. 12-hour … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES JUNE 22

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representatives of Vietnam to the UN, urged all relevant parties to stop the violence, fully respect international humanitarian law, and ensure unhindered humanitarian access for those in need. The Vietnamese representative commended efforts made by the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and its partners in supporting demining and offering mine risk education. Quy stressed the need for addressing economic, humanitarian, and food security challenges as well as promoting women's and youth's engagement in all aspects of society in Afghanistan. He affirmed Vietnam's support of efforts of the UN, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), countries, regional organizations and other international partners in promoting the peace process in Afghanistan. The event, chaired by Eva-Maria Liimets, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia and Council President for June, saw the attendance of foreign ministers of Afghanistan, Norway, Ireland, India, and … [Read more...] about Vietnam condemns attacks against civilians in Afghanistan

Many people living in Ho Chi Minh City have shown support for the metropolis’ largest-ever COVID-19 immunization drive by showing up at vaccination venues to get inoculated against the respiratory disease. The drive kicked off on June 19 and is carried out at 650 injection locations every day until June 27, using 836,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine developed by British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. In addition to priority subjects designated by the government, this vaccination campaign benefits others including essential service providers, teachers, health workers, people working at administrative agencies, people over 65 years old, and workers at industrial parks and export processing zones. Aside from some vaccine-hesitant people, many others were eager to line up and get injected against COVID-19, doing their part in slowing and hopefully ending the pandemic. One of the first arrivals at the vaccination site at Hoang Hoa Tham High School in … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City citizens eagerly participate in its largest-ever COVID-19 inoculation campaign

The museum preserves many valuable items which tell the history of the country’s photography. Only 15 km from Hanoi’s center, Lai Xa Photography Museum in Lai Xa village, Kim Chung Commune in Hoai Duc District is regarded as the first and only craft village dedicated to photography and the birthplace of photography in Vietnam. A visitor to Lai Xa Photography Museum. Photo courtesy of the museum The museum was introduced to the public in 2017 to commemorate 125 years that Nguyen Dinh Khanh, a villager who was regarded as the “father” of the village’s photography trade and played a key role in the development of photography throughout Vietnam and abroad, opened his first photography shop. The museum is a two-story building, located in the middle of the village. It has a display area of nearly 300 square meters showcasing about 150 photos and over 100 artifacts associated with the history of the trade. Among them, there is a valuable collection of different … [Read more...] about Lai Xa Photography Museum – where to snap Vietnam’s photography

Local companies sell agricultural products via e-commerce channels By Van Ly The Bac Giang lychee is now sold through Vietnamese e-commerce platforms - PHOTO: VNA HANOI - Some three tons of Bac Giang lychees were exported to Frankfurt, Germany, on June 22 through the e-commerce platform, Vo So, to be sold to overseas Vietnamese living in the city. This is the first time agricultural products are being exported to the European Union via e-commerce channels run by Vietnamese businesses. In order to operate the cross-border e-commerce flow, the e-commerce platform of the Viettel Post Company set up the Vo So Global booth last March to target overseas consumers who want to find quality products of Vietnamese origin. For this year’s Bac Giang lychee crop, aside from promoting domestic consumption, Vo So also introduced the specialty to the international market, helping overseas Vietnamese and consumers from other countries enjoy the Vietnamese lychee through … [Read more...] about Local companies sell agricultural products via e-commerce channels