Tag: vaccination
Vietnam okays Pfizer vaccine for children, campaign starts in November
VOV.VN - The Pfizer vaccine (Comirnaty) will be used to inoculate children aged 12 to 17 nationwide, starting in November, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long announced in Hanoi on October 26.
HCM City begins COVID-19 vaccinations for children on Oct. 27
VOV.VN - Over 3,000 students aged 16 and 17 in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 and Cu Chi district are set to be injected with a COVID-19 vaccine on a trial basis on October 27, the municipal Department of Health said on October 26.
HCM City proposes COVID-19 vaccinations for children
VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has sent an urgent document to the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute, asking for an approval of its plan to inoculate children aged 12 – 17 against COVID-19.
Vietnamese, Francophone parliaments promote human rights
A National Assembly delegation on October 25 attended a conference on strengthening the role of parliamentarians of member countries of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) in implementing the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism on human rights.
Vietnam spends nearly US$2 billion on COVID-19 fight
Vietnam spent VND45.6 trillion (nearly US$2 billion) from its budget on pandemic prevention and control and supporting people who face difficulties due to COVID-19, as of October 15, according to the Ministry of Finance.
Vaccination pace, bailout packages help aid economic recovery
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy is showing signs of recovery from the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, but how quickly it picks up heavily depends on the pace of vaccination, the effectiveness of pandemic prevention measures, and the government’s bailout packages.
Vietnam receives 2.6 million further Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses from US
VOV.VN - Another shipment of 1,316,250 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine touched down at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on October 24 evening, while more than 1.3 million doses arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of October 25.
COVID-19 infection risk remains high in Vietnam, says Health Minister
VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said on October 24 that Vietnam is likely to face another outbreak of COVID-19 coming from a massive influx of people returning to their hometowns from coronavirus hotpots.
Vietnam receives 500,000 more COVID-19 vaccine doses from Japan
VOV.VN - A batch of 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Japanese Government arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on October 23.
Philanthropists donate nearly VND21 trillion to COVID-19 fight
VOV.VN - Individual philanthropists and organisations have so far contributed nearly VND21 trillion in cash and kind to the national COVID-19 fight, according to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.
