Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on April 27 hosted a reception for Dr Kidong Park, the outgoing Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam, during which he spoke highly of Park’s contributions to the growth in partnership between Vietnam and WHO.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung and Cambodia’s Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng promised to jointly seek new orientations to promote practical cooperation between the two cities in various fields during talks on April 27 in Phnom Penh.

VOV.VN - More than 8,000 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on April 27, including 6,688 detected within the local community.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health urgently requested that local authorities across the country scrap healthcare declaration at all border gates for people entering the nation starting from April 27.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is considering scrapping healthcare declaration as it moves into the “new normal” and the number of COVID-19 cases gradually decreases, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on April 26.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry reported a further 7,417 fresh COVID-19 cases across 60 localities nationwide, in addition to nine deaths on April 25.

Vietnam has called for the early launch of an ASEAN portal for digital vaccination certification and suggested considering expanding its coverage to the bloc’s partners to facilitate trade, travelling and tourism both in and outside the region.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has seen a continual fall in terms of the number of new daily COVID-19 infections, with 12,029 detected in 59 localities throughout the country, the Health Ministry said in its update on April 21.

VOV.VN - As of April 20 approximately one million Vietnamese had vaccine passports, with the figure doubling in comparison to data provided five days previously, according to statistics detailed by the Information Technology Department under the Ministry of Health.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi expressed their delight at the recent strides in the strategic partnership between the two countries during their phone talks on April 20.