(VOVWORLD) - Quang Ninh province in northern Vietnam will begin vaccinating children aged 12-17 against COVID-19 this Saturday in all localities.

(VOVWORLD) - Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) on Wednesday provisionally approved a booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 18 years and older.

(VOVWORLD) - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen on Tuesday decided to donate 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Government and people of Vietnam. He assigned Ministry of Health Secretary of State Or Vandin to hand over the vaccine to Vietnam on Friday at the Bavet-Moc Bai international border gate.

(VOVWORLD) -The Pfizer vaccine (Comirnaty) will be used to inoculate children aged 12 to 17 nationwide, starting in November, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 3,595 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health announced 3,639 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, along with 65 COVID-19 related deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - As of October 15, Vietnam had spent almost 2 billion USD from its budget on COVID-19 prevention and control and supporting affected people, according to the Ministry of Finance.

(VOVWORLD) - A total of 3.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by the US and Japan reached Vietnam in the past few days.

(VOVWORLD) - Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday that the likely benefits of giving the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to 5 to 11 year olds clearly outweigh the risks of rare cases of heart inflammation.

(VOVWORLD) - All travelers with a 14-day travel history to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore from Wednesday, the health ministry said.