VOV.VN - Over 400,000 residents in Ho Chi Minh City have been inoculated against COVID-19 over the past five days as part of the southern city’s ongoing vaccination campaign.
VOV.VN - The Japanese Government is set to grant a further one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam to combat the pandemic, as announced on June 25 by Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has agreed to complete the third and final testing phase of the Nano Covax, a locally-made COVID-19 vaccine developed by Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC by the middle of August.
The national COVID-19 vaccine fund received over VND6.6 billion from 17 sponsors at a ceremony on June 24.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked Vietnamese vaccine developers to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine research, transfer of technology and manufacturing, aiming to roll out locally produced vaccines before June 2022 at the latest.
VOV.VN - A total of 285 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including 279 local cases and 6 imported infections, were recorded June 24, with Ho Chi Minh City registering the highest number of infections at 162 for the whole day.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese competent agencies are in the process of negotiating with their US counterparts as well as the COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) Facility in order to receive COVID-19 vaccines as swiftly as possible.
VOV.VN - An international virtual concert connecting Vietnam with the world will be broadcast live on VTV1 channel on June 27 as part of calls for people to donate to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine fund.
The Japanese Business Association of Ho Chi Minh City (JCCH) has donated US$20,000 to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund, an initiative aiming to provide enough vaccines for the inoculation of at least 75% of the country’s population.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States Ha Kim Ngoc met with Republican Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska on June 23 to discuss a range of measures aimed at propelling the joint comprehensive partnership forward.