74 volunteers receive made-in-Việt Nam COVID-19 vaccine in human trial's Phase II

A total 74 volunteers were given Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, in the phase II of human trials on Friday at two administration sites in Hà Nội and Long An Province.

VN-made vaccine effective against UK coronavirus variant, initial results show

Nano Covax is the first Việt Nam-made COVID-19 vaccine to enter human trial starting from December 17, 2020. The vaccine can be kept at normal refrigerator temperatures (2-8 degrees Celsius).

Analysts are optimistic about market recovery this week

Việt Nam's stock market recorded its worst performance last week with the biggest single-day loss on January 28 as selling pressure and a surge of new COVID-19 cases weighed on the market sentiment.

Việt Nam confirms first COVID-19 patient carrying South Africa variant The patient is a 25-year-old female expert from South Africa who landed in Việt Nam at Nội Bài International Airport on December 19, after transiting through Doha, Qatar.

Best conditions possible provided to foreign media during Congress: Spokesperson Different plans have been designed to respond to all circumstances, including a worst-case scenario, that could happen to reporters as they cover the ongoing 13th National Party Congress amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng has said.

Market ends lower on fears of new community COVID-19 cases Shares finished lower on Thursday with market's benchmarks down more than 6 per cent as investors run away the stock market when new community COVID-19 cases were reported in Quảng Ninh and Hải Dương Province.

LATEST COVID-19 OUTBREAKS: VN should be ready for 30,000 cases, containment in 10 days the goal: Steering Committee

Việt Nam should get ready to deal with up to 30,000 new community cases of COVID-19 in the worst-case scenario of the new outbreaks, but health authorities are striving to achieve containment within 10 days, a top official has said.

PM orders lockdown of Chí Linh City, Vân Đồn int'l airport over major COVID-19 clusters

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc issued a directive on Thursday ordering a 21-day lockdown of a northern city of more than 200,000 people and the closure of a large international airport, following the detection of major clusters of community COVID-19 cases.

PM Phúc urged for calm, swift action as 84 new community cases of COVID-19 detected

“We have to be transparent with the information but we have to remain calm. [We will] swiftly suppress the outbreaks but at the same time, won’t cause panic and shock among the public, and ensure the successes of the Congress," PM Phúc said.

Two new community cases of COVID-19 reported in Việt Nam on Thursday

One of the new cases is linked to a woman who tested positive for the new variant of coronavirus after arriving in Japan to work earlier this week.