(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend an informal online meeting of leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Friday, according to the Foreign Ministry.
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with vigorous actions and is on the right track in addressing the current outbreak, said Dr Kidong Park, Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam.
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked that the transfer of vaccine production technology and the production of a home-grown COVID-19 vaccine be speeded up, so that Vietnam will be able to produce COVID-19 vaccines no later than June 2022.
(VOVWORLD) - More COVID-19 vaccine doses will be allocated to Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, said Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on Monday.
(VOVWORLD) - While imposing social distancing rules according to the government’s Directive 16, Ho Chi Minh City has made changes to achieve greater efficiency in COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, establish safe zones, and narrow high-risk areas.
(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam logged an additional 983 new COVID-19 cases in the past seven hours to 13:00 on Tuesday, raising the national count to 33,648, according to the Health Ministry.
(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday announced an additional grant of 1 million doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam, raising the total Japan has donated to the country to 3 million doses.
(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 609 new infections of COVID-19 on Monday evening, bringing Vietnam's total count during the day to 2,388.
(VOVWORLD) - From Tuesday, Hanoi will suspend all non-essential services, including restaurants (only takeaways accepted) and hair salons, as well as entertainment activities, physical exercises and large gatherings in parks, gardens and public locations.
(VOVWORLD) - HCM city should tighten the management of employees in every factory in local industrial parks and export processing zones to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
