VOV.VN - Vingroup, a leading Vietnamese multi-sectoral conglomerate, plans to build a COVID-19 vaccine production plant in Hanoi with a designed capacity of between 100-200 million doses a year.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin in Hanoi on July 29, believing that Austin’s visit will boost bilateral defense ties and contribute to developing the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Partnership.

VOV.VN - Green-lighted by the Vietnamese Government, the French Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on July 29 began vaccinating French nationals living in the southern city and regional localities at France-Vietnam Hospital.

VOV.VN - A further 659,900 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 29.

VOV.VN - The Party, State and people of Vietnam will donate 10,000 tonnes of rice to the Party, State and people of Cuba to partly share difficulties faced by the Caribbean nation at present.

VOV.VN - British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth War announced on July 28 the UK Government’s decision to donate 415,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, reaffirming the UK’s commitment to support Vietnam’s vaccination programme.

VOV.VN - The American Apparel & Footwear Association has called on the Biden administration to send more COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - As many as 2,821 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, while more than 5.3 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, reported the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health reported the detection of an additional 3,698 active COVID-19 infections, including one imported case, on the evening of July 28, thereby raising the daily infection count to 6,559.

VOV.VN - The capital launched a major vaccination campaign on July 27 to combat the spread of COVID-19, with the vaccine rollout being the biggest so far and using the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna vaccines.