(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry announced 3,898 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday morning, bringing Vietnam’s total count of infections to more than 78,000.

(VOVWORLD) - A total of 6,194 new COVID-19 infections, including 6,164 domestic and 30 imported cases, were detected on July 22, the largest ever number in a single day.

(VOVWORLD) - Three million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine supplied by the US via the COVAX Facility will arrive in Vietnam on July 25, unveiled Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang during the ministry’s regular press conference held virtually on Thursday .

(VOVWORLD) - Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, according to a new study.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s economic prospects for the rest of this year depend on how well it can contain the current COVID-19 outbreak, said the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The fight against COVID-19 was the highlight of the government report on socio-economic performance in the first half of 2021 and solutions for the second half presented by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on Thursday at the first session of the 15th National Assembly.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Thursday noon 192.8 million cases of COVID-19 had been reported globally, and 4.1 million patients had died, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - People aged 65 and above and those with underlying health conditions in Ho Chi Minh City are on the priority list for vaccination against COVID-19 in the fifth phase of its inoculation drive, which begins on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that Vietnam on Thursday morning confirmed an additional 2,967 cases of COVID-19, of which Ho Chi Minh City had 2,433 cases.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Wednesday morning, the world had recorded a total of more than 192 million COVID-19 cases, with more than 4.1 million deaths.