VOV.VN - Two local COVID-19 vaccine research units, the Military Medical Academy and Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, have started the process of recruiting volunteers to participate in the first phase of clinical vaccine trials, with several volunteers on December 10 registering to join the programme.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to conduct the first phase of clinical trials on a locally made novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine on December 17.

VOV.VN - The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control have agreed to further tighten all regulations on pandemic prevention and control on flights after the resurgence of community-associated infections in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The Institute of Vaccines and Biological Medical (Ivac) is likely to carry out its COVID-19 clinical tests on human in March 2021, said Ivac Director Duong Huu Thai.

VOV.VN - The Military Medical Academy of Vietnam is looking for 20 healthy volunteers who can participate in the first clinical tests of a Vietnamese-made COVID-19 vaccine, with tests due to start on December 10.

Vietnam will conduct the first phase of human trials of a locally made COVID-19 vaccine from December 10, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said at a meeting with Vietnamese vaccine producers on December 5.

VOV.VN - In the face of the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam will temporarily not conduct commercial flights to bring home citizens who voluntarily pay for quarantine fees.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in Vietnam Kidong Park on December 3 co-chaired a health partnership meeting in Hanoi titled “Health Partnerships and Cooperation in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”.

Hai Phong, on November 21 to inform them about outcomes of the recent 10th session of the 14th National Assembly, and clear up their concern over certain issues.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the East Asia Summit (EAS) has been growing robustly, serving as a forum for strategic dialogue and cooperation in matters regarding peace, security and prosperity in the region.