VOV.VN - A further 102 cases of COVID-19 were detected across 11 localities by the Ministry of Health on June 19 evening, marking the highest numbers of daily domestic infections recorded in Bac Giang province and Ho Chi Minh City.

Diplomatic channels have been optimised to seek COVID-19 vaccine supply sources around the world in the hope of increasing the rate of vaccinated people, thus pushing back the pandemic soon.

VOV.VN - A large-scale vaccination campaign to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was launched on June 19 in Ho Chi Minh City, with 836,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine set to be injected into local citizens.

Vietnam's national COVID-19 vaccine fund had received more than VND5.77 trillion (US$250.97 million) worth of donation from 321,783 organisations and individuals as of 5pm on June 18.

VOV.VN - A total of 264 new cases of COVID-19, including 259 local transmissions, and five imported ones were detected on June 18 by the Ministry of Health, with Ho Chi Minh City suffering the highest number of infections at 149.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is expected to continue receiving additional supplies of COVID-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) through the COVAX Facility in the near future, including vaccines funded by the Chinese Government.

VOV.VN - The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City has received a delivery of over 800,000 doses of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in preparation for the country’s largest-ever vaccination campaign, which is set to get underway in the southern city.

Ho Chi Minh City has been asked to work harder to impose restriction measures on the smallest possible scale so as not to prolong large-scale social distancing.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on June 17 handed over more than VND6.2 billion raised by Vietnamese nationals abroad and some organisations to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee in support of the national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on June 17 suggested that the World Health Organisation (WHO) help facilitate the delivery of COVAX Facility – sponsored COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam amid the complex nature of the pandemic locally.