VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has decided to purchase 20 million doses of China’s Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm to support the ongoing national vaccination drive.

VOV.VN - More than 103 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be delivered to Vietnam in the remaining months of the year, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on September 10 conditionally approved the Hayat-Vax COVID-19 vaccine for use in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has requested localities to quickly develop a COVID-19 vaccination plan for the second shot as soon as vaccines are delivered.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has requested the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to appraise and approve the Hayat-Vax COVID-19 vaccine produced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for emergency use in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - AstraZeneca has transferred an additional 1.2 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam as part of the 30 million dose contract it has signed with a Vietnamese partner.

VOV.VN - More than 200,000 doses of China-produced Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine have been given to local people throughout Ho Chi Minh City since August 13, with all of them being in a stable health condition following their injection.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is continuing to speed up its vaccination campaign, with 93,993 doses being administered to local people on August 13.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, currently the nation’s largest COVID-19 hotspot, has mapped out a plan to intensify anti-pandemic measures by dividing the next month into two periods, from August 15 to August 30 and from September 1-9 in a bid to bring the pandemic under control by September.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis exchanged views on relations between the two countries, notably cooperation in COVID-19 combat, during their online talks on August 9.