Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan has stressed the need for a comprehensive review of the domestic medical system after the COVID-19 pandemic to draw lessons from pandemic prevention and control.
Officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health paid a working visit to Dai Son commune in the northern province of Yen Bai’s Van Yen district on January 12 and 13 to inspect COVID-19 vaccination and school health.
Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan received 100,000 doses of the Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine donated for Vietnam by the Russian Government at a ceremony held in Hanoi on December 29.
The Ministry of Health plans to start vaccinating children aged between 12 and 17 years old against COVID-19 this month, before expanding the vaccination to smaller age groups, informed Deputy Minister Tran Van Thuan on October 9.
The Ministry of Health held an online training conference on September 13 on a project to enhance the supply and use of medical oxygen for facilities treating COVID-19 patients.
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on September 14 to symbolically receive 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the governments of France and Italy through the COVAX Facility.
Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan held an online working session with France’s Xenothera company on cooperation to conduct the third phase of clinical trial of Xenothera-developed XAV-19 COVID-19 treatment drug and the transfer of XAV-19 production technology to Vietnam.
The Ministry of Health on September 6 received 1 million N95 medical masks worth approximately 40 billion VND (1.75 million USD) donated by the Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank to help protect frontline medical workers in the fight against COVID-19.
Deputy Health Minister Tran Van Thuan has said his ministry supports the expansion of areas eligible for the third phase of clinical trials of Nanocovax, a product of Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC based on recombinant DNA/protein technology.
Tourism experts said if Vietnam succeeds in piloting the ‘COVID-19 vaccine passport’ policy, the sector can bounce back, welcoming back both domestic and foreign visitors.
Vietnam’s testing capacity has increased by 2-3 times during the COVID-19 combat as compared with the previous waves of outbreaks, reaching 100,000 samples per day.
Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan received 10,000 sets of COVID-19 testing kits donated by the Ampharco U.S.A Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company at a ceremony held in Hanoi on May 12.
Six volunteers participating in the human trials of Vietnam’s second homegrown candidate vaccine Covivac got their second shots of the vaccine on April 12.
Six out of 120 volunteers have been injected with Vietnam’s second homegrown candidate vaccine COVIVAC, as human trials began at the Hanoi Medical University on March 15.
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