VOV.VN - As many as 12,414 children aged from 5 to under 12 years have been given their first vaccine shot against COVID-19 since the campaign was launched in Vietnam last week.

VOV.VN - A batch of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5-11 amounting to nearly 1 million doses is due to arrive in Vietnam on April 9, said Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will carry out COVID-19 vaccinations for children between the ages of five and 11 next year pending scientific research available, according to the national immunization advisory council.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on October 19 received a batch of 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 100,000 test kits donated by the Hungarian Government to help Vietnam combat COVID-19.

VOV.VN - A batch of 1.3 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in the nation under a contract signed with the Vietnam Vaccine JSC (VNVC).

VOV.VN - About 41.1% of Vietnamese people aged 18 and above have received the first dose of a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

VOV.VN - As of September 14, Vietnam has surpassed a total of 30 million shots of COVID-19 vaccines, according to figures given by the National Vaccine Registration Portal.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) to draft a plan on the establishment of a national vaccine institute and a research centre for vaccine technology transfer on the basis of re-organising the ministry's existing research facilities.

The Vietnamese Party and State consider public consensus, responsibility, and social resources as important factors in wiping out the pandemic, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference held online on June 10.

VOV.VN - Organisations and individuals have so far committed more than VND5.6 trillion to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund since it was established not long ago to support the national vaccination campaign.