VOV.VN - Plans to vaccinate players of the national football team against the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been delayed following the conclusion of domestic V.League fixtures on April 18, according to an announcement made by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc held phone talks with Ami Bera, a Democratic congressman representing California and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on April 5.

VOV.VN - As many as 11 people entering Vietnam were confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV-2-virus, raising the national tally of coronavirus infections to 2,648, the Ministry of Health reported on April 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is scheduled to finalize the second phase of human trials for NanoCovax, a local-produced novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, on April 8.

VOV.VN - Passengers with a "vaccine passport" and a negative PCR test result for COVID-19 will be permitted to enter the country and have their concentrated quarantine period reduced, according to scheme put forward by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - The Party and State of Vietnam attach great importance to the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and the Russian Federation.

VOV.VN - A large number of local celebrities have participated in a music project titled “Arise–Singing the hope for a new day of revival”, in an effort to raise funds for the COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN -Vietnam is preparing a report for the Government to detail the possibility of implementing vaccine passports, a certificate which identifies individuals who have been inoculated against COVID-19), for the purpose of opening up the local travel sector.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed three more imported cases of COVID-19 on April 2, including one Philippine man and two Vietnamese citizens, taking the overall number of coronavirus cases imported into the nation to 1,017.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government is expecting to receive support from the EU, the United States, and Japan for its local COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said during working sessions held between March 31 and April 1 with three diplomats in Hanoi.