VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to add VND502.9 billion (US$21.8 million) to the 2021 State budget expenditure estimate in a bid to step up COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control efforts.

VOV.VN - A plane carrying an initial batch of 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine landed at Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City on February 24.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has licensed the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) to operate three super-cold storage units to receive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.

VOV.VN - Following the Ministry of Health Advisory Committee’s recommendation on January 28 to approve AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the vaccine on February 1 was officially been granted conditional authorisation for urgent needs in the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus in Vietnam.