(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic has been gradually put under control across Vietnam, especially in hotbeds such as Ho Chi Minh City and its neighboring provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An, according to Sunday’s online conference of the Steering Committees for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of 63 provinces and cities nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) - Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE on Friday asked US regulators to authorize their COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children aged 5-11.

(VOVWORLD) - 240.8 million COVID-19 infections were reported globally by Saturday noon, 4.9 million of them died, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 5 pm on Thursday to 5 pm on Friday, Vietnam recorded 3,797 new cases, raising the total caseload to 857,639.

(VOVWORLD) - 1,400 or over 80% of companies operating in 31 industrial parks in the southern province of Dong Nai have resumed their operations, according to the provincial Industrial Zones Authority.

(VOVWORLD) - People who got Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as a first shot had a stronger immune response when boosted with vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna, a study run by the UK’s National Institutes of Health showed this week.

(VOVWORLD) - The central city of Da Nang will pilot a plan to welcome international visitors next month.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 3,092 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 4 imported, a drop of 370 cases compared to the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced a new committee to investigate the origins of the current pandemic and prevent potential outbreaks in the future.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry has decided to expand Covid-19 vaccination target groups to teenagers from 16 to 17 first and then later to the younger group depending on vaccine supplies and the pandemic situation.