(VOVWORLD) -From 5 p.m. on Tuesday to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Vietnam recorded 11,434 new COVID-19 cases, of which 5 were imported and 11,429 were domestic cases detected in 39 provinces and cities.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City plans to have 7.2 million people aged over 18 vaccinated against the novel coronavirus by the end of the year.

(VOVWORLD) - Three batches of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, consisting of a total of 2,016,460 doses, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat airport on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - 218.6 million COVID-19 infections and 4.5 million deaths had been reported globally as of Wednesday, according to worldometer.info. In the last 24 hours, 536,000 new infections and 8,000 more deaths were confirmed.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday inspected a COVID-19 treatment field hospital in Hanoi which will serve as a national COVID-19 intensive care unit and offer technical support for other COVID-19 medical facilities.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed another 12,607 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday with HCM city accounting for most infections (5,444).

(VOVWORLD) - A delegation of the Government's Special Working Group on COVID-19 response led by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Monday reviewed health checks and medication for COVID-19 patients being treated at home in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized the resolution of the 15th NA’s first session, which targeted measures and creates a legal foundation for the Government and Prime Minister to more flexibly direct the pandemic fight.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision on the formation of a special working group to help remove difficulties facing businesses and people due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health Monday received nearly 260,000 doses of AstraZeneca and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Czech Republic Government. The donation is worth 1.3 million USD.