Eleven Vietnamese citizens working in Moscow, Russia, have volunteered to join a Sputnik V vaccine programme to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat has called on nations to show strong solidarity and co-operation in an effort to promote universal and equal access to anti-epidemic vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has warned the fight against COVID-19 is not over yet and localities should remain highly vigilant against the possible resurgence of the virus.

VOV.VN - Four local vaccine manufacturers are putting every effort into developing a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, with one of the manufacturers expected to conduct phase one and phase two clinical trials by 2021, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long during at a seminar introducing vaccines against COVID-19 on September 30.

VOV.VN - The Quang Tri Department of Health has detected a further six positive cases of diphtheria in the province, bringing the total number of infected cases in the locality to 20.

VOV.VN - Following four novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine research and development units recently enjoying positive results, 'Made in Vietnam' COVID-19 vaccines are poised to begin human trials later this year, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The price of gold in local and global markets continued to suffer a sharp decrease on August 12 following an announcement on Russia's progress in developing a novel coronavirus vaccine.

VOV.VN - A further eight children, aged between one and 12, have tested positive for diphtheria bacteria, according to a statement made by the Quang Tri provincial Department of Health.

VOV.VN - The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam on July 30 signed a US$6.2 million grant agreement to strengthen Vietnam’s coronavirus surveillance and testing capacities, research capacity for COVID-19 vaccines and test kits.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is likely to conduct novel coronavirus vaccine trials on humans by the end of the year, providing that procedures for research and production of the vaccine are deployed in time, said Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.