The first batch of 811,200 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX Facility arrived in Việt Nam on Thursday morning.

According to police, a mentally ill man ran the ring from National Psychiatric Hospital No1.

COVID-19 vaccine passports are a hotly debated issue in many countries and the Vietnamese health ministry is still considering the issue, a health official has said.

Firefighter Vũ Ngọc Hoàng always wishes he didn't have any work to do, then he would know there would be no fires to extinguish and no lives at risk.

The assessment of documents and assets are scheduled to take three to four weeks.