A total of 174 vaccine refrigerators funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as part of its Cold Chain Equipment Optimisation Platform (CCEOP), and procured through UNICEF arrived at HCM City port on May 30, 2021, according to a press statement released on Tuesday.

The northern province of Hà Tĩnh has imposed social distancing regulations from noon on Tuesday after a health worker at the provincial general hospital tested positive for the coronavirus.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính dismissed Nguyễn Đức Lợi, General Director of the Vietnam News Agency, member of the 12th Communist Party Central Committee, effective from June 1.

Việt Nam confirmed its 55th COVID-19-related fatality on Tuesday afternoon, an 88-year-old woman from Lục Ngạn District in Bắc Giang Province.

Đà Nẵng plans to resume some outdoor activities and ease restrictions on some businesses in the city from Wednesday.

The top party leader in the northern province of Bắc Giang, the region hit hardest by the fourth wave of COVID-19, is confident the locality will eradicate outbreaks within the next two weeks.

Experts have determined that the death of a driver of Bắc Giang after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine was not due to vaccine quality or vaccine administration process, though the exact cause is still being probed.