The Government needs to immediately start working to promote progress and results it has achieved, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh while chairing a Government meeting on April 15, the first since new Cabinet members were elected at the 11th session of the 14th National Assembly earlier this month.

VOV.VN - Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC have announced plans to launch the third phase of human trials for its locally-produced coronavirus vaccine Nano Covax on May 5, a timeframe which is three months ahead of schedule.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will continue to produce its own coronavirus vaccines, facilitate clinical trials, and prepare vaccine production and funding plans providing the vaccines are effective.

VOV.VN - The administration of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa is planning to hold 114 culture, sports, and tourism activities starting from mid-April as part of efforts to promote the locality as a safe tourist destination in the post COVID-19 period.

Demand for credit may increase sharply since the second quarter, especially in fields of industrial production, exports, trade and tourism, said a senior official of the central bank.

VOV.VN - As many as 60,139 Vietnamese people have been given an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine shot since the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign was launched on March 8, according to the Ministry of Health on April 14.

VOV.VN - The Health Department of the southern province of Binh Duong has submitted plans to the provincial People’s Committee regarding the purchase of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines for local people.

VOV.VN - Roughly 1,600 officers, soldiers, and defence staff from various armed force units were given their first jab of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on April 13, with the recipients based in the Tien river region and border guards in An Giang, Dong Thap, Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Dong Thap, and Tra Vinh provinces.

Credit growth will expand significantly from Quarter 2 and exceed the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s target of 12% for the year as a whole if the pandemic is brought under good control and the vaccination campaign proves effective, according to insiders.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12 received over VND34 billion (US$1.47 million) from businesses, local residents and overseas Vietnamese to buy COVID-19 vaccines.