VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is going to launch the largest ever vaccination campaign in an effort to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic.

The national COVID-19 vaccine fund has received more than VND5.08 trillion (US$221.34 million) worth of donations from 296,215 organisations and individuals as of 5pm on June 14, according to the fund's management board.

VOV.VN - The capital city is set to offer free COVID-19 vaccinations to citizens aged between 18 and 65, along with other priority groups, during the 2021- 2022 period.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is seeking to purchase the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate children aged between 12 and 18, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt on June 8 launched a fundraising campaign to call for donations to the COVID-19 vaccine fund in the home country.

VOV.VN - Healthcare workers in Ha Tinh city, central Vietnam, worked through the night on June 8 in order to collect COVID-19 test samples from hundreds of local residents after several COVID-19 cases were logged in the community without sources of infection.

VOV.VN - Sixty-four people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in five localities in Vietnam, during the past 12 hours, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its 06.00am COVID-19 update.

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.

VOV.VN - An additional 83 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were reported on June 5 evening, thereby raising the national daily tally to 246, according to data released by the Health Ministry.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is trying to secure at least 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from different sources for domestic use in order to reach herd immunity by late 2021 or early 2022, according to Minister of Health Dr Nguyen Thanh Long.