Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam has proposed Cuba facilitate Vietnam’s access to the former's COVID-19 vaccines and support the transfer of vaccine production technologies to the Southeast Asian country.

VOV.VN - The nation’s daily COVID-19 infection count hit 4,795 following the detection of 2,640 further positive cases, including 5 imported infections, the Ministry of Health said in its July 20 evening update.

VOV.VN - A group featuring 105 collectives, businesses, and individuals in Ho Chi Minh City have registered to contribute more than VND2,293 billion in support of the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment in the southern city’s ongoing battle against the virus.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has reached agreements relating to the transfer of technology for COVID-19 vaccines from Russia and the United States, according to Reuters.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) to draft a plan on the establishment of a national vaccine institute and a research centre for vaccine technology transfer on the basis of re-organising the ministry's existing research facilities.

VOV.VN - This week Vietnam is expected to receive three million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States and another one million doses purchased from Oxford/AstraZeneca.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded ministries, sectors, and localities reinforce all forces to ramp up the COVID-19 combat while addressing an unscheduled meeting with the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 19.

VOV.VN - The Philippines is an important and reliable partner that shares many strategic interests with Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during phone talks on July 19.

Over 20 hotels in Ho Chi Minh City have offered free accommodation and meals to medical workers involving in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, with about 50,000 room nights, reported the municipal Tourism Department on July 19.

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.