VOV.VN - The prolonged COVID-19 outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s largest coronavirus hotspot – is showing signs of abating as the number of hospitalisations is decreasing considerably these days.

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on January 6 presented 6.3 million syringes to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to serve the COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi is working out a plan to treat 100,000 COVID-19 infections as the number of new infections is increasing these days, according to Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh.

VOV.VN - The Government should make a greater effort to effectively implement its post-pandemic socio-economic recovery programme, along with strictly controlling inflation and maintaining macroeconomic stability, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Vietnam has become one of the six countries with highest COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the world, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh told a teleconference between the Government and localities on January 5.

VOV.VN - A total of 14,861 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed by the Ministry of Health across 60 localities throughout the country on January 4, as Hanoi capital's number peaked at 2,499.

VOV.VN - A 23-year-old girl of Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam has died after receiving a Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine shot against COVID-19, the local Health Department confirmed on January 2.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has assigned the Ministry of Health (MoH) to immediately carry out necessary procedures to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11.

VOV.VN - With a high rate of vaccine coverage nationwide in late 2021 coupled with a rapid rollout, the Vietnamese economy is forecast to make a strong recovery with bright and optimistic signals ahead, according to economic experts.

VOV.VN - The Phu Quoc island of southern Kien Giang province received more than 50 Lao tourists on December 30 – 31 who boarded private aircraft and planned to use premium services on the island.