(VOVWORLD) - About 6 million Vietnamese people have been given electronic vaccine passports as of May 6th.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 3,819 new cases of COVID-19 in 56 provinces and cities on Friday, a decrease of nearly 500 cases compared to Thursday, said the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is as severe as previous variants, according to a preprint version of a large US study that counters assumptions in other studies that it was more transmissible but less severe.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has scrapped medical declaration requirements within the country, but localities will continue monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Health Ministry.

(VOVWORLD) - Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.

(VOVWORLD) - A total 4,305 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours from 4pm May 4 to 4pm May 5, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - From 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, the National COVID-19 Case Management System recorded 3,088 new cases of COVID-19 in 48 out of 63 provinces and cities. On Wednesday, 42,055 people recovered from COVID-19 and 3 patients died.

(VOVWORLD) - If the COVID-19 pandemic does not evolve abnormally after the holiday of National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1), Ho Chi Minh City will dissolve the field hospitals which have been temporarily closed.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 2,709 new cases of COVID-19 and no death on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - From 4:00 p.m. on Sunday to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, Vietnam recorded 3,123 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 imported case and 3,122 domestic cases in 53 out of 63 provinces and cities.