Central province Ha Tinh on April 15 got a live broadcast while administering the AstraZeneca vaccine 46 medical staff. The live session is streamed to affiliated localities only. Read more »
A health official at HCM City’s District 4 Health Centre is vaccinated during the first phase of the national vaccination programme that began on March 8. — Photo hcdc.vn HCM... Read more »
Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases Friday morning, keeping the national infection tally at 2,758, according to the Health Ministry. Read more »
Novartis announced Thursday it will join forces with fellow Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche to produce tocilizumab, a drug being tested for its effectiveness against COVID-19-linked pneumonia. Read more »
No more than one thousandth of 70,000 COVID-19 vaccine testers in Vietnam have shown severe reactions after receiving AstraZeneca shots, Vietnam’s Health Ministry reported Thursday. Read more »
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is mulling ways to pilot vaccine passports to revive the tourism sector devastated by COVID-19. Read more »
The Health Ministry has pushed the completion deadline for inoculating the second Covid-19 shots 10 days earlier to May 5 due to concerns about vaccine expiration. Read more »
The Health Ministry has pushed the completion deadline for inoculating the second Covid-19 shots 10 days earlier to May 5 due to concerns about vaccine expiration. Read more »
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on April 16 again asked localities to continue keeping a close watch on the COVID-19 situation and to strictly implement pandemic prevention measures in... Read more »
424 officers and soldiers serving the coming 6th Vietnam-China Border Defense Friendship Exchange event were injected with AstraZeneca dose on April 15. Read more »
The Việt Nam Association of Preventive Medicine and Sanofi Vietnam organise a press conference to provide detailed information about Japanese encephalitis and meningococcal disease to mark World Immunization Week, April... Read more »
Vietnam will pull out all the stops to have Covid-19 vaccines available as soon as possible, Health Ministry’s spokesperson said Wednesday morning. Read more »
There are "challenges" to securing Covid-19 vaccines, and the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe despite reports of adverse reactions, the Health Ministry has said. Read more »
(CPV) - Australia and UNICEF are honored to announce a landmark A$13.5 million partnership to support the preparation and delivery of Vietnam’s COVID-19 immunisation program. Read more »
The Ministry of Health reported two new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday morning, both of whom are imported cases, which makes Wednesday so far the 40th day without any new local... Read more »
Vietnam is working to soon develop its own home-made COVID-19 vaccines, a representative from the Health Ministry told a meeting of the standing board of the National Steering Committee on... Read more »
The Ministry of Health reported two new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday morning, both of whom are imported cases, which makes Wednesday so far the 40th day without any new local... Read more »
Hanoi is planning to give the Covid-19 jabs to 350,000 individuals in 2021, Hanoi Department of Health announced Tuesday. Read more »
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is planning to submit necessary documents in a few weeks to seek approval for its COVID-19 vaccine to be given to children 12-15 in Canada, company... Read more »
Around 10,000 employees at Tan Son Nhat airport would receive Covid-19 jabs from a 56,000-dose batch destined for HCMC, the city's Health Department said Monday. Read more »
The WHO has ranked Vietnam’s National Regulatory Authority (NRA) on vaccine regulation at maturity level 3 on a four-level rating scale. Read more »
The EU's drug regulator said Wednesday that blood clots should be listed as a "very rare" side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine but that the jab's benefits outweigh the... Read more »
Vietnam will continue its Covid-19 inoculation program using AstraZeneca's vaccine since no related cases of blood clotting have been recorded, the health ministry announced Thursday. Read more »
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday issued a decision on the allocation of 811,200 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to all 63 cities and provinces, and other agencies. Read more »
EU health ministers failed to agree a common guidance on the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, despite calls for coordination to combat public hesitancy over taking the shot. Read more »
Southeast Asia's growth leader in 2021 may be Vietnam. The nation is reportedly targeting a 6.5 percent growth rate this year, according to Nikkei Asia’s article. Read more »
Vietnam expects to get access to coronavirus vaccine supplies from the United States to support its national COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said. Health Ministser... Read more »
The first batch of 117,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Vietnam on Wednesday morning for the country’s vaccination programme from next month. Read more »
Vietnam was certified to have a fully-equipped national regulatory system for vaccine regulation in 2015. Read more »
Vietnam had no new COVID-19 cases to report on Wednesday, keeping the tally at 2,648, the Ministry of Health said. So far, 2,422 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 35 have... Read more »
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has declared 10 demographics to be prioritized for the country’s free COVID-19 vaccination program. In a written directive on the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine, Minister of... Read more »
Vietnam aims to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines for its population starting next year through both local production and imports. Read more »
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... Read more »
The Government Office is collecting comments on the Draft PM Decision on Covid-19 Vaccine Research and Development Project, aiming at having enough vaccines available in 2022. Read more »
Tourism companies see a proposed plan to gradually resume international flights as a necessary first step for their sector to recover from the pandemic-inflicted slump. Read more »
Russia is ready to participate in COVAX, a global mechanism to ensure fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, said Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations... Read more »
As of Saturday morning, Vietnam has recorded no new COVID-19 cases, maintaining the total at 2,620. Read more »
The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility has arrived in Vietnam on April 1, bolstering the country’s vaccine supply and assisting it in the battle against COVID-19.... Read more »
Vietnam’s allocation of the AstraZeneca sourced via Covax is deemed efficient for all prioritized groups, which account for 20 percent of the country’s population. Read more »
Vietnam has given COVID-19 vaccine shots to more than 51,000 people, most of them healthcare workers or members of pandemic prevention steering committees. Read more »