VOV.VN - United States Vice President Kamala Harris left Hanoi on August 26 afternoon, concluding her three-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan.

VOV.VN - US Vice President Kamala Harris said on August 26 that her visit to Vietnam signals the beginning of the next chapter in the relationship between the two countries.

VOV.VN - A shipment of 770,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States has arrived in Vietnam, according to the Office of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has assigned the Minister of Health to announce the encouragement of localities and organisations to procure vaccines against COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Pfizer/BioNTech, a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, of the US, has pledged to provide Vietnam with an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines under a contract signed with the Ministry of Health of Vietnam.

The Italian Government on August 25 decided to present Vietnam with 801,600 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX Facility to aid the nation’s fight against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, during his phone talks with his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo on August 25 evening, requested that Belgium help Vietnam access COVID-19 vaccine supplies from the COVAX Facility.

VOV.VN - Vietnam regards economy-trade as a pillar and driving force behind Vietnam-US ties, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during a reception in Hanoi on August 25 for the visiting US Vice President, Kamala Harris.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed the World Health Organization (WHO) support and give priority for Vietnam to soon receive the next batches of COVID-19 vaccines as committed under the COVAX Facility during his phone talks with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on June 24.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 24 chaired a meeting with the Government’s working group on COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy.