VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong signed a decision on March 23 to approve the conditional import and use of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia.

VOV.VN - Scientists are speeding up the clinical trials of locally-produced coronavirus vaccines, and the first of its kind is likely to be rolled out by the end of the third quarter of this year.

VOV.VN - An additional 30 volunteers participating in human trials for Covivac, the second locally-produced novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, are due to be given the first shot on March 23 and 25.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases during the past four days, while nearly 34,000 people have been vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health recorded no fresh COVID-19 case on March 21, with the overall number of infections standing at 2,572, including a total of 908 domestic cases detected since the resurgence of the virus in late January.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is preparing to co-ordinate efforts with competent agencies to research, build a vaccine passport testing scheme in the step-by-step roadmap aimed at restoring the international flight network.

VOV.VN - A 49 year-old Vietnamese citizen was confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV2-virus after entering Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Health said on March 19 afternoon.

VOV.VN - Each citizen will be granted an injection certificate and a QR-Code confirmation after being injected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, according to information released during a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control held on March 19 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - A further four Vietnamese provinces have carried out COVID-19 vaccinations, including Ha Giang, Dien Bien, Ba Ria Vung Tau and Binh Duong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Secretary of the Security Council of Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev in Hanoi on March 17, during which he expressed his pleasure with Russia’s successful research and development of drugs against COVID-19 and belief Russia will soon overcome the pandemic.