A man died early Friday morning of COVID-19-related complications, the 51th death in Viet Nam related to coronavirus.

A total of 224 new cases of COVID-19 were announced on Friday, bringing Việt Nam's total to 8,287 cases, announced the Ministry of Health.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam on Friday met with business associations to discuss access to COVID-19 vaccines and donations to the national fund.

The death of the man from Nam Định Province was the 50th in Việt Nam related to COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

Central Retail in Việt Nam handed over a donation of VNĐ10 billion (US$433,700) to the HCM City Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee on June 4 in response to the Government’s call for donations to speed up the COVID-19 vaccination programme.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long on Friday morning worked online with Johnson & Johnson officials to discuss importing the firm's COVID-19 vaccine to Việt Nam.