The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX initiative to Việt Nam, originally slated for late March, has now been delayed til mid-April due to production issues, an UNICEF official has confirmed.

UK-EU ongoing row over AstraZeneca vaccine, including potential a ban on exports of doses the company made in the EU, will not affect the supply to the COVAX initiative, EU Ambassador to Việt Nam Giorgio Aliberti reassured.

Hoàng Minh Trí, former Director of the HCM City Institute of Urban Planning, talks to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper about the need to have specific planning for the city’s path to urbanisation

Despite support from the State budget, many impoverished people still cannot afford health insurance and the poor account for a high proportion of those with TB.

Eight groups of people will enjoy a 15 per cent rise in their pensions and social insurance allowances and monthly subventions from January 1, 2022 when a draft decree on the adjustments of these allowances is issued, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA)

In a recent interview with Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper, Deputy Director of the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information Lê Quang Tự Do talks about measures to curb harmful content online. 

An additional 2,060 people received the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on March 22, increasing the total to 36,082 people, the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation said on Tuesday morning.