(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health on Tuesday issued basic safety standards for COVID-19 vaccination nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) - 192 people boarded a flight Tuesday night in Ho Chi Minh City to return to their home province of Binh Dinh.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City will begin the fifth phase of its COVID-19 vaccination drive on Thursday, with 930,000 doses to be administered, according to the municipal Department of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - From 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday to 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Vietnam reported 2,787 new cases, of which 12 were imported and the rest were locally-transmitted, Ho Chi Minh City had most cases with 1,739.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City's biggest challenge is how to reduce the rate of mild cases progressing to severe and to very severe cases, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Monday. He urged the city‘s preparedness for the situation where the number of positive cases continues to rise, despite efforts to send back to community infected cases which are no longer a risk of transmission.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry announced 2,640 cases of coronavirus on Tuesday evening, bringing the total count in the day to 4,795.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded more than 2,100 new infections of COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, bringing the total number of cases in Vietnam to more than 60,000.

(VOVWORLD) -Hanoi is preparing for its largest-ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign in a bid to reach herd immunity against the pandemic soon.

(VOVWORLD) - Swiftly rising coronavirus cases across the United States and abroad fueled fears of a pandemic resurgence on Monday and sent shockwaves through stock markets as the highly contagious Delta variant appeared to be taking hold.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry reported 2,180 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday evening, raising the total number of infections in the day to 4,195.