VOV.VN - The best conditions should be created for research institutions to produce COVID-19 vaccines locally, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a meeting with permanent Cabinet members in Hanoi on Dec. 21.

VOV.VN - The first trio of volunteers were injected with Nano Covax, the first Made-in-Vietnam novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, on Dec. 17 at the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - As many as 200 people have registered to participate in clinical trials for the locally-produced Nanocovax vaccine, with screening underway to select 60 people aged between 18 and 50 for the first phase, said Nguyen Ngo Quang, deputy director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training under the Ministry of Health on December 16.

VOV.VN - Local COVID-19 vaccine Nanocovax is anticipated to be put into use by the middle of 2021 following the conclusion of the evaluation results of the ongoing human trials and the facilitation of administrative procedures, said Do Minh Sy, director of Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, the domestic vaccine producer.

VOV.VN - Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC have announced that it will develop a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in the form of a nasal spray and eye drops in an effort to meet the various needs of different age groups nationwide.

VOV.VN - Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC is the first to announce the price of its COVID-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, with each dose costing approximately VND120,000 (US$52).

VOV.VN - Two local COVID-19 vaccine research units, the Military Medical Academy and Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, have started the process of recruiting volunteers to participate in the first phase of clinical vaccine trials, with several volunteers on December 10 registering to join the programme.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to conduct the first phase of clinical trials on a locally made novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine on December 17.

VOV.VN - The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control have agreed to further tighten all regulations on pandemic prevention and control on flights after the resurgence of community-associated infections in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The Institute of Vaccines and Biological Medical (Ivac) is likely to carry out its COVID-19 clinical tests on human in March 2021, said Ivac Director Duong Huu Thai.