AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is estimated to have prevented 232,766 deaths in Vietnam, an independent assessment of vaccine effectiveness showed.

Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Hungary – its first comprehensive partner among traditional friends in Central Eastern Europe, affirmed President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at his reception for outgoing Hungarian Ambassador Ory Csaba on July 28.

Vietnam is basically assessed as a COVID-19 ‘green zone’ – an area where the coronavirus is under control, the Ministry of Health has announced.

VOV.VN - Nearly 243 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been given to people in Vietnam, with the number of people receiving their first and second booster shots reaching more than 47 million and 8 million respectively.

More than 40 million people nationwide had held COVID-19 vaccine passports as of July 20, according the Ministry of Health’s Electronic Health Administration.

VOV.VN - Inoculation sites across the capital have seen double the number of local residents receiving their second booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.

VOV.VN - The nation places great importance on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s co-operation and support for the development of the nation’s health sector over recent times, especially during the country’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of local people flocked to inoculation sites across Ho Chi Minh City to receive their second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi is speeding up COVID-19 booster vaccination for local residents and striving to complete the campaign in July amidst the recent emergence of Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 in the community.

VOV.VN -Vietnam and France have maintained their relations despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through online talks, the exchange of letters or bilateral meetings, notably the visit to France by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh last November, French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery has said.