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The Ministry of National Defence received 300,000 doses of Vero-Cell COVID-19 vaccine presented by the Ministry of National Defence of China at a ceremony held at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on February 8.

The Ministry of Health on November 10 granted conditional approval of Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine produced by India's Bharat Biotech International Limited.

Cambodia has presented Vietnam with 200,000 doses of Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm.

Leaders of Mong Cai city in the northern border province of Quang Ninh and the Ministry of Health on October 22 received 800,000 doses of Vero Cell vaccine, an ECMO machine and many medical equipment and supplies donated by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China.

Provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region have been speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations as they have received more vaccines from the Ministry of Health.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on September 29 signed a decision on the purchase and receipt of 20 million doses of Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinopharm group.

The Government has issued Resolution 110/NQ-CP on the purchase of 20 million doses of the Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm.

Vietnam's Health Ministry has conditionally approved eight COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in the country.

Vietnam's Health Ministry has conditionally approved seven COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in the country.

Binh Duong province, an industrial hub in southern Vietnam, is ramping up COVID-19 vaccinations to soon achieve herd immunity to bring the life back to new normal and recover socio-economic development.

The southern province of Binh Duong – Vietnam’s current second biggest COVID-19 hotspot – began injecting 1 million doses of Vero Cell vaccine for its people and workers of enterprises on September 2.

The southern province of Binh Duong, which is a current COVID-19 hotspot, is working to speed up vaccinations with a goal of fully inoculating 2.5 million residents against the coronavirus to reach herd community and return to the new normal situation soon.

A ceremony was held at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on August 23 to receive 200,000 doses of Vero-Cell vaccine produced by Sinopharm and 201,600 disposable syringes as a gift from China’s Ministry of National Defence to the Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam.

The northern province of Cao Bang, which borders China, has so far inoculated more than 52,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for priority groups, covering over 14 percent of its population.

The northern province of Lai Chau on July 19 started to give Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine shots to residents in border communes in Phong Tho district.

The Ministry of Health of Vietnam on July 15 issued a decision conditionally approving the COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen produced by Johnson & Johnson for emergency use. Janssen is the sixth vaccine endorsed in Vietnam so far, after Astra Zeneca, Sputnik V, Pfizer, Vero Cell and Moderna.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said amid increasing complicated COVID-19 situation, Vietnam hopes countries and international organisations to increase the sharing of information, technology, finance and medical supplies, especially vaccines, to jointly prevent and control the pandemic and soon bring life back to normal. ​

A flight transporting 500,000 doses of Vero-Cell vaccine against COVID-19 produced by Sinopharm arrived in Noi Bai airport in Hanoi on June 20.

All types of COVID-19 vaccine approved by Vietnam for emergency use have gone through three stages of clinical trials, the Health Ministry has affirmed.

A flight transporting 500,000 doses of Vero-Cell vaccine against COVID-19 produced by Sinopharm arrived in Noi Bai airport in Hanoi on June 20.