VOV.VN - The Government is determined to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in localities nationwide, including southern and central provinces, especially Ho Chi Minh City, considering protecting people’s health to be a top priority, according to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

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.

VOV.VN - The capital city is set to offer free COVID-19 vaccinations to citizens aged between 18 and 65, along with other priority groups, during the 2021- 2022 period.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is one of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region to receive seven million doses of the US-made coronavirus vaccines through the United Nations-run COVAX.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has yet to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to foreign citizens residing and working in the country, but a spokesperson for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry has said that these vaccinations will be considered moving forward.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 15 stressed the need to protect people’s health, considering this a primary task of the medical sector amid the complicated nature of the COVID-19 pandemic both domestically and globally.

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 - Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to accelerate negotiations on a priority travel mechanism towards resuming safe commercial flights between the two countries in order to boost their economic, trade, investment and tourism cooperation.

VOV.VN - A total of 20 Vietnamese athletes who are due to compete in the upcoming 2021 Tokyo Olympics were vaccinated against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 30 at the 108 Military Central Hospital.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested that the Ministry of Health (MoH) speed up the pace of the national vaccination campaign in order to ensure that it is launched this week.