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The Health Ministry’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology held a ceremony in Hanoi on October 12 to receive 77 ultra-low temperature freezers donated by the US.

Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong on February 1 signed a decision approving the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to the urgent need for prevention and control of the pandemic.

Vietnam shared its experience in COVID-19 prevention and control at the G20 health ministers’ meeting via video conference on late April 19.

Domestically-made drugs have met nearly half the demand of Vietnamese people in treatment and prevention of diseases, while the country has successfully produced 12 out of 13 types of vaccines used nationwide.

Cutting-edge medical and pharmaceutical technologies and products are on display at the 26th Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo, which opened in Hanoi on May 8.

Immunisation is one of the most important measures to protect the community from life-threatening and popular contagious diseases, said Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong.

The International Medical and Pharmaceutical Exhibition in Da Nang (Medi-Pharm Da Nang) opened at the Da Nang Fair and Exhibition Centre in the central city on July 18.