Korean firm HLB has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, producer of Vietnam's Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccine candidate, to acquire the rights to distribute the vaccine worldwide, except in Vietnam and India, when the vaccine is approved for use.

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 - 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.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 29 urged Ho Chi Minh City – the country’s biggest COVID-19 hotspot at present - to promote the motto of “fighting the pandemic is like fighting the enemy.”

VOV.VN - An additional 12,000 volunteers will be receiving the second shot of the domestically-produced Nano Covax vaccine as part of its third phase of human clinical trials that began on July 27, according to the Defence Ministry’s Military Medical University.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology met on July 22 to examine Nanogen’s proposal to approve its COVID-19 vaccine Nano Covax for emergency use in Vietnam following the encouraging results of its human clinical trials, phase III.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese scientists are set to conduct the second phase of a human clinical trial of locally produced COVID-19 vaccine Covivac in August following encouraging results in the first phase.

VOV.VN - A further 219 people, including 9 entrants to the country, tested positive for the SASR-CoV-2 virus on the evening of July 2, thereby lifting the daily infection count to 545, according to figures given by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Samples of Covivac, a Vietnamese produced coronavirus vaccine, have been sent to Canada for evaluation of its effectiveness, according to Prof. Dr. Dang Duc Anh, director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that the Ministry of Health immediately transfer rapid antigen test kits to Ho Chi Minh City in order to boost extensive COVID-19 testing, while taking a fact-finding trip to the southern city on June 26.