VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has reported Vietnam’s first case of the NB.1.8.1 COVID-19 subvariant, which has appeared in numerous countries and may be linked to a recent rise in local infections.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh oon November 6 asked the health sector to increase surveillance and be well prepared to respond to possible new pathogenic variants of the COVID-19 virus.

VOV.VN - The nation’s economic recovery has accelerated over the last six months on the back of a resilient manufacturing sector coupled with a robust rebound in services, according to a World Bank (WB) economic update for Vietnam released on August 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese competent agencies are in the process of speeding up the deployment of vaccine passports, whilst adjusting immigration regulations and creating favourable conditions for experts, foreign workers, and investors to enter the country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 24 suggested establishing a COVID-19 vaccine fund to mobilise resources for the country’s vaccine strategy.

VOV.VN - Scientists are speeding up the clinical trials of locally-produced coronavirus vaccines, and the first of its kind is likely to be rolled out by the end of the third quarter of this year.

VOV.VN - A total of 15 community cases of COVID-19 were recorded over the past 12 hours as of 6 p.m. on February 19, all of which were detected in the northern province of Hai Duong, raising the national tally to 2,362, including 770 locally-transmitted cases since January 27, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The COVID-19 pandemic is not expected to be fully brought under control during the first half of the year, or in the remainder of 2021, with pandemic prevention and control therefore regarded as the top priority in the first quarter and beyond.

VOV.VN - Vietnam detected five more community cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as of 10.am. on February 2, including three in Quang Ninh, one in Hanoi, and one in Gia Lai.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son has called on localities nationwide to keep vigilance high as the new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) strain first detected in the UK can spread at a rate of over 70% faster than other variants.