VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on October 6 received 300,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and medical equipment gifted by Australia.

Responding to the call from Vietnamese Party and State leaders, overseas Vietnamese around the world as well as international friends and organisations have given valuable moral, material and brainpower support to COVID-19 fight in Vietnam, particularly to the country's goal of vaccine coverage.

VOV.VN - Anex Vietnam, an inbound tour operator, has submitted a 7+ scheme to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism aimed at welcoming the return of Russian visitors to the country after a hiatus caused by COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is anticipated to use Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for the ongoing national vaccination campaign this week as soon as the factory certificate of the imported batch is secured.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines operated five flights on October 5 to transport close to 1,000 medical workers and medical students back to Hanoi after they completed their mission in assisting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Dabaco Group Joint Stock Company has said it is striving to announce the result of its project on researching and producing a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) by the end of this year.

VOV.VN - The People’s Committee of the southern province of Khanh Hoa said on October 5 that it has submitted a detailed pilot scheme aimed at welcoming foreign visitors with a vaccine passports to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for approval.

VOV.VN - The prospect of the arrival of fresh vaccine sources to the country until the end of the year is positive, with the aim being to soon have sufficient vaccine coverage for the majority of the population, thereby creating conditions for the process of opening up the national economy.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 4 received a token of 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States through the COVAX Facility.

VOV.VN - A total of 5,382 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, with half of them detected in the community, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its 06pm coronavirus update on October 4.