VOV.VN - Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang is in the process of preparing to be the first destination nationwide to welcome the return of foreign tourists under a trial vaccine passport programme.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Hanoi on September 17 received more than VND182 billion (nearly US$8 million) in cash and kind donated by localities, enterprises and individuals to support the capital city’s COVID-19 fight.

Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc has affirmed that the State budget is enough for expenditures planned by the National Assembly (NA) and the Prime Minister.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on September 17 signed a decision on expense to buy nearly 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine BNT162 by Pfizer.

VOV.VN - The nation recorded a total of 11,521 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours across 34 provinces and cities, along with more than 9,900 discharges, the Health Ministry reported on September 17.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukuoka city, in the Japanese prefecture of the same name, raised a total of JPY7.65 million (US$69,600) from August 21 to September 15, in support of Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has suggested Austria transfer its redundant vaccines to Vietnam and cooperate in transferring COVID-19 vaccine production technology and treatment drug.

VOV.VN - The past six decades has seen the special traditional solidarity between Vietnam and Cuba become an exemplary model for international relations in general.

VOV.VN - Vietnam hopes Russia will accelerate the transfer of vaccine production technology to help it combat COVID-19, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their phone talks on September 16.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will pursue multiple goals, including promoting vaccine diplomacy during State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s upcoming trip to Cuba and the United States, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang.