Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính ordered competent authorities to seek vaccine sources and make students a priority group for vaccinations so they can return to school.

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Việt Nam has handed over medical supplies and consumables to the Ministry of Health as part of its continuing support to the Vietnamese Government for COVID-19 response.

Dương Văn Hào, head of the Management Board for collection of health insurance cards and social insurance books, Việt Nam Social Insurance, talked to VnEconomy about some issues related to reducing insurance premiums to help employees and businesses overcome difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ministry of National Defence’s Air Defence - Air Force is using two container trucks as mobile oxygen-production stations to meet oxygen demand of hospitals treating COVID-19 patients in HCM City.    

Lê Anh Tuấn, a lecturer of Vietnam Maritime University, was honoured to receive the title of professor last year when he was 40.

"Zero-đồng supermarkets on buses" and "zero-đồng mini-supermarkets" launched by the Hà Nội armed forces are supporting people affected by the pandemic in the capital.

HCM City has begun vaccinating children and giving the antiviral drug molnupiravir to COVID-19 patients staying at home who have mild symptoms.