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.

VOV.VN - 2021 represented an especially tough year for the entire world, including Vietnam, following the resurgence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which dealt a heavy blow to business production and negatively impacted people’s life.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded a further 17,000 new COVID-19 cases on December 30, representing an increase of 3,107 from the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam’s Tan Thanh Holdings and 10 Pharma JSC will be distributors of COVID-19 vaccine Oravax throughout Southeast Asian nations, comprising Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

VOV.VN - The National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research under the Ministry of Health (MoH) on December 29 voted in favour of the results of the third human clinical trial of locally produced vaccine Nano Covax against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) on December 29 received 100,000 doses of the Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine presented by Russia to support Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight.

Vietnam became the 53rd country in the world achieving the goal of covering basic doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 70% of its population, according to covidvax.live, a website that updates the vaccination speed worldwide every day.