136 new cases announced on Thursday evening

136 new cases, including 3 imported and 133 local cases in Bac Giang (62), HCM City (62), Bac Ninh (6), Ha Tinh (2), Lang Son (1). 131 cases were detected in isolation or locked down areas.

1,000-library project launched to boost student learning access

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Court hands down prison sentence to abuser of democratic freedoms on social media

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Đà Nẵng to build first urban railway line, worth $10b

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Master plan to elevate Tràng An–Tam Cốc–Bích Động as a global tourism hub

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Government draws up long-term conservation plan for Hạ Long Bay

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Hà Nội Oncology Hospital saves a female patient with a giant uterine tumour

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800,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses allocated to HCM City must be administered within a week

More than 800,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses out of the nearly one million doses donated by the Japanese government to Việt Nam would be used in the next vaccination drive in HCM City, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn.

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Hà Nội carrying out random COVID-19 testing of arrivals from HCM City

Hà Nội health authorities on Thursday said arrivals from HCM City would undergo COVID-19 screening tests for 4-5 days due to the severity of the outbreak in the southern city.

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Pfizer vaccine only supplied via deals with gov't, first shipment to Việt Nam in July: Representative

The genuine Pfizer vaccine is only supplied via bilateral deals with Governments, said John Paul Pullicino, Chief Representative of Pfizer Vietnam, during an online training session for a Government market watchdog on Wednesday.

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220 new cases announced on Thursday noon

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Additional 6 million doses of AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines to arrive in Việt Nam in Q3

Six million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines – half from the UK’s AstraZeneca and half from the US’s Pfizer – will arrive in Việt Nam in the third quarter of this year, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.