(VOVWORLD) - The Military Medical Academy on Friday continued to test the home-grown Nanocovax vaccine against COVID-19 in its phase 3 trial for the first 240 volunteers.

(VOVWORLD) - Vice Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung on Friday signed a digital document on implementing a COVID-19 vaccination drive in the city during the 2021-2022 period.

(VOVWORLD) - All arrivals at Quang Ninh province’s Van Don International Airport will undergo piloted new COVID-19 quarantine regulations from July 1, according to the Ministry of Health’s online meeting on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported an additional 68 locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases during the past 12 hours, raising its national count of infections to 10,048, the Ministry of Health said at 6am on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 12 noon to 6pm on Friday, 63 more domestic cases of COVID-19 were detected in four provinces and cities, bringing the total number of cases of the day to 196. Of them, 11 were quarantined immediately after entry. 185 cases were recorded in Bac Giang (95), Ho Chi Minh City (48), Bac Ninh (28), Ha Tinh (8 ), and Hanoi (6).

(VOVWORLD) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the Group of Seven G7 agreed to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries and help inoculate the world by the end of next year.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan has just signed a decision approving the phase 3 clinical trial project of Nanocovax vaccine developed by the Ho Chi Minh City-based Nanogen Company. Nanocovax is Vietnam's first Covid-19 vaccine officially entering phase 3 human trial, which will test the vaccine for about 13,000 volunteers.

(VOVWORLD) - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has been licensed to operate 12 flights repatriating Vietnamese citizens from the US this year.

(VOVWORLD) - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, blood reserves in hospitals have shrunk. On a weekly basis, the Steering Committee for Blood Donation in Da Nang, Da Nang hospital, and volunteer Blood Donation Clubs jointly organize blood donation drives.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health confirmed 41 new local COVID-19 cases in 4 localities Friday morning, raising the ongoing coronavirus wave's tally to more than 6,600.