VOV.VN - The Health Ministry reported the detection of a further 829 new active cases of COVID-19 on the afternoon of July 14, boosting the daily number of new infections to 2,934.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attended the Special ASEAN - US Foreign Ministerial Meeting held virtually on July 14 under the co-chair of Lao Foreign Minister Saleumsay Kommasith and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

VOV.VN - A plane carrying 2,000,040 doses of Moderna vaccine donated by the US touched down at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on July 10.

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.

VOV.VN - The United States has rolled out more than two million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam and the vaccine is due to arrive on July 7-8, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The Prime Minister has decided to add VND11.58 billion (US$500,000) from the central budget reserve in 2021 to the Ministry of Health to make contributions to the COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) Facility.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on June 23 attended the Asia and Pacific High-level Conference on Belt and Road Cooperation at the invitation of China State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has proposed the UK Government further facilitate Vietnam's access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies and consider transferring its vaccine production technology to the Southeast Asian nation.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on June 17 suggested that the World Health Organisation (WHO) help facilitate the delivery of COVAX Facility – sponsored COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam amid the complex nature of the pandemic locally.

VOV.VN - It is impossible to say whether or not a drug or vaccine is absolutely safe, and in order to evaluate a vaccine both short-term and long-term safety must be considered, according to health experts.