A programme on screening for congenital heart diseases and administering flu vaccines for disadvantaged people was launched on April 26, targeting the central province of Quang Binh and the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak, and Lam Dong.

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 - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered authorities to seek proper vaccine sources and ensure that students are put in the priority group to receive vaccinations as soon as possible so they can return to school.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son underscored four key solutions to promoting post-pandemic economic recovery and development in the Mekong sub-region at the second virtual Mekong-US Partnership Ministerial Meeting (MUSP) on August 3.

VOV.VN - British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth War announced on July 28 the UK Government’s decision to donate 415,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, reaffirming the UK’s commitment to support Vietnam’s vaccination programme.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan hosted a ceremony on July 6 in order to receive donations of approximately VND1.3 billion for the country’s COVID-19 vaccine fund from various Japanese trade unions and companies where Vietnamese interns are working.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh and Chairwoman of the city’s Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Lan Huong have called on local organisations, businesses and people to donate to the city’s COVID-19 vaccination programme.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese coffee exports are anticipated to encounter a myriad of difficulties over the short term due to the complicated nature of developments relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to industry insiders.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam voiced Vietnam’s commitment to use the COVAX-sponsored coronavirus vaccine effectively while receiving the first COVAX vaccine batch in Hanoi on April 1.

VOV.VN - A 30-year-old Indian expert was diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus after entering Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 28, the Ministry of Health reported on March 29 afternoon.