VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked CEO of AstraZeneca Pascal Soriot to speed up vaccine delivery to Vietnam during a virtual phone conversation held on August 19.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Defence Senior Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien has requested that the Ministry of Defence of Singapore support the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence in accessing and receiving COVID-19 vaccine production technology.

VOV.VN - The central province of Da Nang launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on August 19 for 41,000 local residents.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 18 sent a letter to President of the European Council Charles Michel suggesting the European Union (EU) share COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 18 inspected amnesty work for 2021 at Ngoc Ly detention camp which is run by the Ministry of Public Security in Bac Giang province.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, who heads the Working Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy, has stressed the group's resolve to promote vaccine diplomacy for the country's fastest access to COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment and drugs to treat the disease.

VOV.VN - The Polish Government has decided to offer more than 501,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, transfer an additional 3 million doses and donate medical supplies worth US$4 million to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Kamal Malhotra, the outgoing resident coordinator of the UN in Vietnam, was honoured with the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia during a ceremony held on August 17 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Polish Government is poised to donate COVID-19 vaccines to the nation based on non-profit principles, according to Michał Dworczyk, head of the Polish Prime Minister's Office.

Vietnam will promote COVID-19 prevention and control cooperation, particularly concerning vaccines, among members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and ASEAN nations at the upcoming 42nd General Assembly of the AIPA (AIPA- 42), said National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.