VOV.VN - A massive vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is due to begin in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, on July 22 with more groups of people expected to get the jab.

VOV.VN - This week Vietnam is expected to receive three million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States and another one million doses purchased from Oxford/AstraZeneca.

VOV.VN - The US is set to provide the nation with an additional three million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine via the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, according to a statement made on July 16 by US Embassy in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Various firms and international bodies have so far committed to deliver roughly 105 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam under contracts and agreements.

VOV.VN - AstraZeneca delivered more than 920,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine on July 15 morning to the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC), a local private firm that has been authorised by the Ministry of Health to import COVID-19 vaccines.

VOV.VN - The Romanian Government has decided to gift 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, and consider the reselling of another amount of the vaccine to the country in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - Australia will share 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with Vietnam by the end of 2021, said Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Minister for International Development and the Pacific Zed Seselja on July 14.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed visiting Australian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan in Hanoi on July 13, expressed his belief the visit will help strengthen bilateral cooperation, especially in economics and trade.

VOV.VN - Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu announced that the Japanese Government has decided to donate an additional one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) on July 9 received an additional 580,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.