(BGO) – Since May 20, Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) has granted more than 500 certificates of Covid-19 free lychee to the lychee weighting and purchasing points in the area to sell in domestic and export to foreign markets.

A 37-year-old woman with Covid-19 was confirmed dead Wednesday, becoming the first coronavirus fatality in HCMC.

A medical robot manufactured by the Military Technology Academy to support Covid-19 prevention and control activities was sent to the current largest pandemic hot spot in the northern province of Bac Giang on June 1.

Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti, head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam, told President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 1 that he is willing to support Vietnam in accessing Covid-19 vaccine sources and vaccine technology transfer from Europe.

Vietnam hopes to receive more support from international organisations and countries around the world to access more sources of Covid-19 vaccines, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long told at an online meeting with representatives from the COVAX Facility scheme (COVAX) and health officials from a number of countries on June 1.