VOV.VN - Kamal Malhotra, the outgoing resident coordinator of the UN in Vietnam, was honoured with the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia during a ceremony held on August 17 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has agreed to buy a further 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as part of the deal for 31 million doses of the vaccine as adopted by the Ministry of Health in May.

VOV.VN - UN organisations in Vietnam will prioritise cooperating with the country in combating COVID-19 and promoting the transfer of vaccine production technology.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 12 encouraged scientists and pharmaceutical firms to make a greater effort in vaccine research and production in order to have a locally produced COVID-19 vaccine in September 2021.

VOV.VN - French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled that France is poised to share a total of 670,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses with Vietnam through the COVAX Facility.

VOV.VN - Vietnam received an additional 494,400 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility on August 10, bringing the total number of its sponsored vaccines to over 9.1 million doses.

VOV.VN - Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, the developer of Nano Covax,has submitted another request to the Ministry of Health for an early approval of its vaccine Nano Covax for emergency use after the vaccine initially proves to be 90% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 virus.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is among the leading seven countries worldwide that have received COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States.

VOV.VN - The nation received 415,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on August 3 in Hanoi after they were donated by the British Government.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded an additional 3,578 new local COVID-19 cases on August 3 morning , including 1,998 in Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s biggest coronavirus epicenter, bringing the southern city's tally in the new pandemic wave to 100,557.