VOV.VN - Vietnam has logged an additional 50 coronavirus cases in three localities nationwide during the past 12 hours, with Ho Chi Minh City alone recording 40 cases, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 115 locally acquired and eight imported coronavirus cases in 14 cities and provinces across the country during the past six hours, raising the national daily count to 175.

VOV.VN - The north-eastern border province of Quang Ninh has been selected to receive foreigners, providing that they hold a vaccination certificate known as a vaccine passport.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is considering launching a pilot scheme aimed at welcoming back foreign travelers to leading tourist destinations, providing that they have certified vaccine passports, with the southern island of Phu Quoc set to be the first location to open.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the busiest and most populous city in Vietnam, has recorded 161 out of a total of 305 new cases confirmed across the country during the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health on June 25.

VOV.VN - Over 400,000 residents in Ho Chi Minh City have been inoculated against COVID-19 over the past five days as part of the southern city’s ongoing vaccination campaign.

VOV.VN - The Japanese Government is set to grant a further one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam to combat the pandemic, as announced on June 25 by Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has agreed to complete the third and final testing phase of the Nano Covax, a locally-made COVID-19 vaccine developed by Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC by the middle of August.

The national COVID-19 vaccine fund received over VND6.6 billion from 17 sponsors at a ceremony on June 24.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked Vietnamese vaccine developers to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine research, transfer of technology and manufacturing, aiming to roll out locally produced vaccines before June 2022 at the latest.