VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that relevant ministries move to find solutions to purchase the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech of the United States for emergency use in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Japanese counterpart Suga Yoshihide showed their elations at the growing Vietnam – Japan ties during their phone talks on May 17.

VOV.VN - Over the course of just 20 days the number of new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases detected in the country hit a record of over 1,000, forcing many areas and dozens of hospitals to be put into lockdown.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 37 new local infections on May 17 morning, with all in quarantine and locked-down areas, including 22 in the Bac Giang coronavirus hotspot, according to the Health Ministry.

The average consumer price index (CPI) in the first four months of this year inched up 0.89% from the same period last year, the lowest rise for the period since 2016 and clearing the way for the country to achieve its goal of keeping inflation at below 4% for the year as a whole.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to launch the third phase of its national COVID-19 vaccination campaign over the coming days in an effort to increase the amount of local people being vaccinated against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - Close to 1.7 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine are due to arrive in the country on May 16, with the latest shipment being supplied by the COVAX Facility via the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

VOV.VN - Da Nang Hospital in central Vietnam has reported a case of anaphylaxis that requires immediate medical assistance following a AstraZeneca vaccine shot against COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Head coach Park Hang-seo and the players of the Vietnamese national football team received their second shot of COVID-19 vaccine on May 7 in Hanoi ahead of the second round of Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The Hanoi People's Committee on May 7 approved a plan on free COVID-19 vaccination for people aged 18 to 65 in the period of 2021-2022.