(VOVWORLD) - The Foreign Ministry held a ceremony in Hanoi on Monday to announce the reception of 1.5 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility, with assistance from the US.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 5,382 new local infections of COVID-19 in 37 localities Monday, raising the national tally to 813, 961.

(VOVWORLD) - An experimental antiviral pill developed by Merck & Co could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalized for those most at risk of contracting severe COVID-19, according to data that experts hailed as a potential breakthrough in how the virus is treated.

(VOVWORLD) - Israel on Sunday piled pressure on its vaccinated citizens to get a booster shot by making only those who received their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine eligible for a "green pass" allowing entry to restaurants, gyms and many other venues.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Monday noon, the world had recorded more than 235 million COVID-19 infections, with more than 4.8 million deaths, according to worldometers.info,

(VOVWORLD) - 99% people aged 18 years and older in Phu Nhuan district have been fully vaccinated as Phu Nhuan on Sunday became the first district of Ho Chi Minh City to complete vaccination.

(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic has hit many parts of the world where the virus spares no one, especially medics working 24/7 at a full-fledged COVID--19 hospital.

(VOVWORLD) - The US has delivered an additional 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - 235 million people worldwide have infected with COVID-19, 4.8 million of them have died, according to worldometers.info by Sunday noon.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 5,490 new COVID-19 ìnfections, including 13 imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 5pm on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health.