The Chinese product is the third COVID-19 vaccine to have been approved by health authorities in Việt Nam, following Oxford/AstraZeneca and Sputnik V.

HCM City is set to offer a second financial relief package for businesses and workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to its Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Việt Nam has approached to purchase 170 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far.

Local authorities and environmental organisations in the Mekong Delta are making efforts to preserve and develop ecosystems vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

HCM City should soon start using a robotic assistant to automatically make phone calls to people to ask about COVID-19 symptoms and  report to health officials for taking samples to test in time Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has said.

The amount of COVID-19 cases in Việt Nam has topped 8,000.