VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is speeding up procedures aimed at completing its contract with Pfizer to purchase 21.9 million vaccine doses for children aged five to 11 in March.

After a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many hotel projects of international brands in Vietnam are expected to be put into operation this year.

VOV.VN - The country confirmed a further 98,762 COVID-19 cases on March 1 across 63 cities and provinces nationwide, with Hanoi continuing to lead the tally with 13,323 infections.

VOV.VN - A group of 12 Lao businesspeople, including many billionaires, are scheduled to arrive in Phu Quoc island city of Kien Giang province on holiday from March 4-7.

The Ministry of Health has announced the extension of an additional three months to the shelf-life of Cuba’s Abdala vaccine against COVID-19.

VOV.VN - The Russian currency (RUB) has begun to depreciate over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, resulting in a string of cancellations by Russian tourists wishing to visit Vietnam and greatly impacting the plans of local travel agencies.

VOV.VN - A total of 77,982 new COVID-19 cases were recorded across 62 localities nationwide on February 26, thereby pushing up the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to over 3.21 million.

Up to 81 % of parents agree to let children aged from 5-11 be vaccinated against COVID-19. This is result of a recent poll carried out by the Social Opinion Institute under the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry reported the discovery of a further 78,795 new COVID-19 cases on February 25, an increase of 9,655 from the previous day, pushing the national infection tally since the start of the pandemic to over 3.1 million cases.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has sent a document to the Ministry of Information and Communications, urging it to complete a "vaccine passport" granting system as soon as possible.