Over 1.1 million doses of AstraZeneca arrive in Vietnam: VNVC
As many as 1,113,400 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on August 13, according to the …
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Ho Chi Minh City begins COVID-19 inoculation for expectant women
Ho Chi Minh City’s Hung Vuong Hospital is offering COVID-19 vaccines to expectant women from the 13th week of pregnancy, starting from August 12. It …
Nearly 218,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Vietnam
Vietnam is expected to receive an additional shipment of nearly 218,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH). …
Prioritising resources to develop drugs for COVID-19 treatment
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) announced results of pre-clinical research on a herbal medicine for …
Southern provinces asked to expand virus-free green zones
A key focus in the battle against COVID-19 in southern provinces is to expand green zones, where there are no infections, and shrink red and yellow zones, …
First batch of Remdesivir arrives in Vietnam
The first batch of Remdesivir arrived at Tan Son Nhat Airport on August 5. Due to difficulties in the transportation situation, the shipments must be divided …
Additional 3,943 COVID-19 cases take national count to over 181,000
Additional 3,943 COVID-19 cases were logged in Vietnam over almost 12 hours to 6am on August 5, a drop of 326 cases compared to that of the previous day, …
WHO official: Vietnam on right track in COVID-19 fight
Although the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections has been very difficult with the strong infection rate of the Delta variant, Vietnam is “on the right …
Nearly 50 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to arrive in Vietnam by year-end
About 47-50 million doses of Pfizer vaccine will arrive in Vietnam in the last quarter, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long. Speaking at an urgent …
Hanoi hospitals help set up ICU centres in Ho Chi Minh City
Experts from Bach Mai Hospital and Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi are helping with the set-up of ICU centres at two field hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City for the …