During the initial novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination drive, Vietnam has yet to record any cases of blood clots or thrombosis occurring after injection, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Khanh Hoa-based Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals under the Ministry of Health in coordination with PATH organisation has jointly studied a COVID-19 vaccine called Covicac, which uses egg-based vaccine production technology.

After receiving 928,900 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in February and early April, Vietnam will continue to receive some 4.1 million doses in May as part of its efforts to build community immunity this year.

Dr Pham Van Phuc has been honored as one of the 10 outstanding young faces of Hanoi in 2021.

The deployment of vaccine passport will not be simple and must be carefully done step by step, said Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong at a cabinet press conference on March 31.

A haul of 811,200 doses of AstraZeneca's novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine sponsored by COVAX arrived at Noi Bai International Airport on April 1.

A total of 20 Vietnamese athletes who are due to compete in the upcoming 2021 Tokyo Olympics were vaccinated against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 30 at the 108 Military Central Hospital.

Vietnam expects to get access to coronavirus vaccine supplies from the United States to support its national COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam was given a second shot of the locally-produced Nano Covax novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine as part of the second stage of human trials on March 26.

Due to the shortage of a global supply of Covid-19 vaccines, the vaccine batch provided for Vietnam by the COVAX program may arrive in Vietnam later than scheduled.

The Health Ministry on March 23 approved with conditions Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine named Gam-COVID-Vac, also known as Sputnik V, for emergency use in COVID-19 prevention and control in the country.

The clinical trial of the domestically-made Nanocovax vaccine is going smoothly, and by the end of September, Vietnam will have its first Covid-19 vaccine.

Prof Dang Duc Anh said the rate of people with severe side effects after being injected with AstraZeneca vaccine in Vietnam is still within a safe limit.

The first 1,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine presented by the Russian Federation to Vietnam have been placed in cold storage in Vietnam.

The HCM City-based Military Hospital 175 on March 16 vaccinated 70 staff members of the second-grade Field Hospital No. 3 that is leaving on a peacekeeping mission in late March to South Sudan.

Vietnam is confident that it will be able to produce Covid-19 vaccines to meet the country’s need and for export by 2022.

The Inter-Ministerial Working Group will submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision the receipt of 30 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine on a non-profit basis, with the transfer price being equal to the price VNVC paid to AstraZeneca.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to add VND502.9 billion (US$21.8 million) to the 2021 State budget expenditure estimate in a bid to step up COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control efforts.

As researchers race to develop vaccines to combat the spread of COVID-19, many people from all walks of life want to get involved in the fight by volunteering to join clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines.

Five Vietnamese volunteers who received jabs as part of the national rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 have experienced several side-effects, according to the Ministry of Health.