A text message campaign for making donations to the fight against COVID-19 and the “vaccines for workers” programme were launched in Hanoi on June 3 as Vietnam exerts every effort to contain its latest outbreak.

VOV.VN - An additional 52 new domestic cases of COVID-19 were detected to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in four Vietnamese localities, including 35 in Bac Giang, 14 in Bac Ninh, 2 in Hanoi and 1 in Thai Binh, the Ministry of Health reported on June 4 morning.

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 - Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong on June 3 advised people to wear a face mask in public places to prevent them from getting infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus as its variants are said to spread through both droplets and the air.

Vietnam can satisfy COVID-19 vaccine production requirements once it obtains vaccine patents, an officer has affirmed.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,700 volunteers have registered to participate in the third stage of human trials for the domestically-produced Nano Covax vaccine, with tests scheduled to begin in June.

Vietnam has to date spent more than VND8 trillion (some US$347 million) on implementing policies for COVID-19 prevention and control, the Ministry of Finance announced on June 2.

The Ministry of Finance has issued a decision on the establishment of a managing board of the Fund for Vaccination Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is trying to secure at least 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from different sources for domestic use in order to reach herd immunity by late 2021 or early 2022, according to Minister of Health Dr Nguyen Thanh Long.

Russia has agreed to provide Vietnam with 20 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V this year, Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said on June 2.