Vietnam always treasures its traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, considering it one of the top priorities in Vietnam’s foreign policy.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the UK Government continue its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Vietnam, and early transfer the vaccine production technology to the nation during a reception for the visiting UK Secretary of State for Defence, Robert Ben Lobban Wallace, in Hanoi on July 22.

VOV.VN - A haul of three million doses of the Mordena COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States through the Covax Facility will arrive in the country on July 25, according to Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the UK have consented to maintain policy dialogue mechanisms, intensify delegation exchanges, boost English language training for Vietnamese officers, and share experience in UN peacekeeping missions as a means of contributing to the mutual strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - Cuba attaches importance to strengthening the relations of special friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam, Ambassador Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén said at a press briefing in Hanoi on July 21.

VOV.VN - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and VABIOTECH, one of the leading Vietnamese pharmaceutical companies, unveiled on July 21 that the initial test batch of the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 has been produced in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is set to supply Vietnam with 1,600 cooler boxes used for COVID-19 vaccine storage with temperature monitoring devices to support the transportation of vaccines to injection sites.

VOV.VN - A massive vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is due to begin in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, on July 22 with more groups of people expected to get the jab.

Ho Chi Minh City is working on a COVID-19 vaccination plan for consular officers and foreigners in the city.

VOV.VN - As many as 2,787 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 23 cities and provinces across Vietnam during the past 12 hours, raising the cumulative tally of infections in the country to 65,607.