VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 22 requested that France continue to donate, lend and cede COVID-19 vaccines and cooperate in transferring vaccine and drug production technology to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has decided to purchase 20 million doses of China’s Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm to support the ongoing national vaccination drive.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with his counterparts from Cuba, Thailand, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, and Algeria in New York city on September 22.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has allotted 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to local hospitals to inoculate women over-13 weeks pregnant after the Ministry of Health (MoH) granted permission to vaccinate this group against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - In its outlook update released on September 22, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered Vietnam’s economic growth rate for 2021 to 3.8% from the 6.7% projection due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea (RoK) said that the RoK will provide Vietnam with at least 1 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in October.

Vietnam needs to shift from “Zero-COVID” strategy to vaccinations as the pandemic and the risk of new outbreaks are still lingering on, according to Dr. Nguyen Duc Kien, head of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Kien Giang is taking immediate measures to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak in An Thoi ward of Phu Quoc island, to ensure it is safe before welcoming back vaccinated tourists.

VOV.VN - The Italian Government on September 21 announced its decision to offer a further 796,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Vietnam via the Covax global facility to help the nation respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam and Cuba released a 12-point joint statement on the occasion of Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official friendship visit to Cuba from September 18-20 at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúde