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Hospitals tighten COVID preventive measures after 55 staff test positive after receiving 2 vaccine doses NA Chairman urges stepping up vaccine strategy Artists honour frontline forces battling pandemic Portal expected to reach big lychee consumers Struggling logistics firms in dire need of support to survive COVID-19 crisis Representative of UNICEF Việt Nam Rana Flowers speaks at the launching ceremony of the supportive package between UNICEF and Australia to help support COVID-19 vaccine delivery in Việt Nam which was held Hà Nội in April. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết Rana Flowers, Representative of UNICEF Việt Nam, which co-ordinates the purchase and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines for Việt Nam through the COVAX initiative, talks to Việt Nam News reporter Khánh Vân about the significance of the country's COVID-19 vaccine fund in ensuring vaccine access for all Việt Nam has officially launched its COVID-19 vaccine fund. What do you think about this initiative? What measures are needed to mobilise different resources to contribute to the vaccine fund amid the context of a limited State budget and difficulties caused by the pandemic? The people of Việt Nam are ready and willing to be vaccinated according to an online survey conducted in May by UNICEF. The survey received close to 38,774 respondents coming from all 63 provinces. The findings will be released shortly, but very reassuring are the 67 per cent who are eager and the 24 per cent who are inclined to get the vaccine. This reflects an understanding that getting the vaccine is the path to ending the creation of new viral variants and preventing the worst impact of the virus on our loved ones. The willingness to get the vaccine bodes extremely well for Việt Nam and for the vaccination rollout to get Việt Nam open to get business back on track. The companies that have produced the vaccines have invested billions to get the vaccines ready, to have them tested on a range …

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A bia hơi (draught beer) and restaurant on Yên Lãng Street, Đống Đa District, Hà Nội, closed on May 25, 2021, as the city's authorities ordered a halt to operations of all cafes, in-person dining, hairdressing salons, and sports activities in public spaces. — VNA/VNS Photo Phan Tuấn Anh HÀ NỘI — With COVID-19 outbreaks in the city under control, Hà Nội’s health authorities are set to propose allowing the reopening of some non-essential services. Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday said that it would soon put forward a plan for Hà Nội People’s Committee to consider regarding relaxation of restrictions and business closures in place to deal with the resurgence of the coronavirus since late April, Vietnam News Agency reports. According to Hà Nội CDC, eateries and restaurants, cafes, in-door hairdressing salons, small traditional markets (under the management of commune or authorities), and sports activities will be prioritised in the reopening roadmap, but all social distancing and other prevention measures will still be enforced at these venues. Karaoke venues, bars, discos, sidewalk cafes and iced tea shops will continue to be closed, however. Previously, during a COVID-19 meeting on June 10, Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee Chu Ngọc Anh stated the need to contain the outbreak in the city so that a roadmap for relaxation of restrictions could be implemented, reducing the impact to livelihoods. Since April 27, 2021, or the start of the fourth wave in Việt Nam, Hà Nội has recorded 253 COVID-19 positive cases in 13 clusters (excluding 167 cases found in two major clusters of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases and National Cancer Hospital). — VNS …

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NA Chairman Vương Đình Huệ concludes the meeting. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The 57th meeting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up on Tuesday after one and a half days of sitting. Closing the meeting, NA Chairman Vương Đình Huệ said that the committee completed all the set agenda by debating six issues and adopting one resolution on personnel work. He asked relevant agencies and organisations as well as individuals to, right after the meeting, promptly acquire ideas given at the meeting and conclusions of the NA Standing Committee on particular issues to complete a report to be submitted to the 15th NA at its first plenary session. As scheduled, the 15th legislature will convene a preparatory meeting before opening the first plenary session on July 20, he noted, stressing that successfully organising the session is the most important task. After the 57th meeting, the NA Standing Committee will sit for another meeting to finalise the remaining contents to be debated at the first plenary session of the 15th NA, including issues related to five-year plans such as those on socio-economic development, budget-finance, and middle-term public investment. The Government has also proposed adding two national target programmes on new-style rural area building and sustainable poverty reduction and social welfare to the agenda of the upcoming session. Earlier the same day, the committee discussed a report on implementation results of the socio-economic development and State budget plans in the first six months of the year and solutions for the implementation in the last half of the year. — VNS …

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