VOV.VN - With the March 8 launch of the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign to protect its people from the spread of the virus and additional batches of the vaccines poised to be delivered in the near future, Vietnam is hoping to achieve wider immunity against the virus over the coming months.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese volunteers who received jabs as part of the national rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 have experienced several side-effects, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is expected to get 5.657 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 in March and April, with most of them to be delivered by the COVAX Facility.

VOV.VN - Hanoi and Gia Lai province became the country’s first localities to launch their vaccination campaigns against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 9, with key workers being inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City must purchase a further five million doses of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine as it needs a total of 18 million doses, with the expected allocation by the Ministry of Health set to not be enough, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.

VOV.VN - Hanoi is to launch its COVID-19 vaccination at Thanh Nhan Hospital on March 9, with 8,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine delivered in the first inoculation drive, according to head of the Hanoi Department of Health Tran Thi Nhi Ha.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed 11 imported coronavirus cases and a locally transmitted case during the past 24 hours.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has recently hosted a workshop aimed at discussing ways of reopening the country’s borders to international travelers providing the conditions allow.

VOV.VN - The first female medical staff and other frontline workers at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi received their AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 on March 8 which coincides with International Women’s Day.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) is due to launch a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the first three selected venues nationwide on March 8.