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Increasing testing capacity and managing foreign and Vietnamese arrivals, including those who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, were highlights during a meeting of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control yesterday in Hà Nội. 

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A total of 174 vaccine refrigerators funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as part of its Cold Chain Equipment Optimisation Platform (CCEOP), and procured through UNICEF arrived at HCM City port on May 30, 2021, according to a press statement released on Tuesday.

The northern province of Hà Tĩnh has imposed social distancing regulations from noon on Tuesday after a health worker at the provincial general hospital tested positive for the coronavirus.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính dismissed Nguyễn Đức Lợi, General Director of the Vietnam News Agency, member of the 12th Communist Party Central Committee, effective from June 1.

Việt Nam confirmed its 55th COVID-19-related fatality on Tuesday afternoon, an 88-year-old woman from Lục Ngạn District in Bắc Giang Province.

Đà Nẵng plans to resume some outdoor activities and ease restrictions on some businesses in the city from Wednesday.

The top party leader in the northern province of Bắc Giang, the region hit hardest by the fourth wave of COVID-19, is confident the locality will eradicate outbreaks within the next two weeks.

Experts have determined that the death of a driver of Bắc Giang after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine was not due to vaccine quality or vaccine administration process, though the exact cause is still being probed.

The mass testing decision was made to ensure a safe examination for 13,251 students in the secondary education examination.

A man from northern Hưng Yên Province has died of COVID-19 related complications, the 54th death recorded in Việt Nam, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday.

Phenikaa Group has donated VNĐ21 billion (more than US$900,000) to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in a response to Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính’s appeal.

To help fight the outbreaks, the women's unions at all levels in the province have promoted volunteering activities, energising the frontline forces.