VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s domestic cases of COVID-19 set a record high of 215 in a single morning as the nation recorded a further 239 new local cases in five localities, the Ministry of Health said on July 3 morning.

VOV.VN - Between eight million and 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be delivered to the country in July through the COVAX facility and signed contracts, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has revealed.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has proposed that the World Bank (WB) help Vietnamn research and produce its own COVID-19 vaccines.

VOV.VN - Vietnam received 500,000 doses of Vero-Cell COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm, China, alongside 502,400 disposable 1-ml syringes on June 20.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long expressed his hope that the COVAX Facility will carry on supplying additional COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam in the third quarter this year through the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

VOV.VN - Vietnam is seeking to purchase the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate children aged between 12 and 18, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long held an online working session with representatives of Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company on the morning of June 4 to discuss the import of COVID-19 vaccine from the firm into Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed a further 241 more local COVID-19 cases on June 2, with Bac Giang province and Ho Chi Minh City reporting the most at 157 and 31.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, during his meeting with COVAX Facility representatives on May 31, proposed building a plant in Vietnam to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines for COVAX and countries worldwide.

Minister of Heath Nguyen Thanh Long on May 28 received VND185 billion (US$8.01 million) in donations from businesses for Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.