Việt Nam starts giving booster COVID-19 vaccine shots in December The Vietnamese health ministry has urged localities to prepare to administer COVID-19 booster vaccine shots, which could start within December, with priority on over 50s and frontline workers. 09:03 | 03/12/2021
Viet Nam persists with pandemic countermeasures, maintains macro-economy Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 13 chaired a webinar discussing measures to boost post-pandemic economic recovery, flexibly adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, overcome economic disruption and strengthen locality-to-locality connectivity. 09:09 | 14/10/2021
Việt Nam strives to return to 'new normal' by September 30, shifts away from Zero COVID strategy: PM Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has agreed to change the strategy policy from "Zero COVID" to "Safe and flexible adaptation and effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic", striving to bring the country back to a new normal by the end of September. 09:29 | 28/09/2021
Việt Nam receives 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by Italy, France The foreign ministry held a ceremony in Hà Nội to symbolically receive 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines donated to Việt Nam from the governments of Italy and France via COVAX. 09:15 | 15/09/2021
Viet Nam, Japan sign agreement on defense equipment and technology transfer Viet Nam and Japan signed an agreement on transfer of defense equipment and technology in Ha Noi on Sunday. 08:38 | 13/09/2021
Viet Nam asks WHO to prioritize vaccine allocation Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested the World Health Organization (WHO) give Viet Nam priority in accessing vaccine in its next allocation round. 15:35 | 25/08/2021
Cuba pledges COVID-19 vaccine supply, technology transfer to Viet Nam Miguel Diaz-Canel, first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba pledged to supply a large volume of Abdala vaccine to Viet Nam during his phone conversation with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 23. 14:31 | 24/08/2021
Viet Nam receives Poland-donated vaccines The Ministry of Health held a ceremony on Monday morning to receive 501,600 AstraZeneca vaccine doses donated by Poland. 09:02 | 24/08/2021
Việt Nam strives to have homegrown vaccines next month Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked for more efforts, determination and effective coordination among ministries, agencies and individuals to be able to have the first made-in-Việt Nam COVID-19 vaccines ready next month. 10:55 | 13/08/2021
Việt Nam looks to become AI hub in ASEAN by 2030 The Vietnamese Government has issued a national strategy on the research, development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) till 2030 with a view to gradually turning Việt Nam into an innovation and AI hub in ASEAN and the world. 08:43 | 11/08/2021
