(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam detected 2 more locally-transmitted cases of COVID-19 in Hai Duong and 13 imported cases, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in its update at 6pm on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -5 more provinces in Vietnam that rolled out AstraZeneca vaccination on Thursday are Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Long An, according to the National Expanded Immunization Program.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health announced two more domestically-transmitted COVID-19 infections in Hai Duong province on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -People entering Vietnam holding a “vaccine passport” must still undergo a two-week period of quarantine and test negative to COVID-19 twice, health experts said.

(VOVWORLD) - Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 has forced people around the world to change their habits and has impacted every aspect of people’s lives.

(VOVWORLD) -Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine was 96% effective in preventing cases caused by the original version of the coronavirus in a late-stage trial conducted in the United Kingdom, the company said on Thursday, moving it a step closer to regulatory approval.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam added two new cases of COVID-19 Friday morning, bringing the national tally to 2,535.

(VOVWORLD) - One of the first Vietnamese nationals with a "vaccine passport" was quarantined Wednesday on return from the US per existing Covid-19 protocols.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi-based Vietnam Military Medical University and the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City have completed the administration of the first doses of Nano Covax in the second-stage human trials of this homegrown COVID-19 candidate vaccine.

(VOVWORLD) -From 6 am to 6 pm on Wednesday, Vietnam reported 3 new cases of COVID-19, including 1 locally-transmitted case in Hai Duong and 2 imported cases, said the Ministry of Health.