VOV.VN - As many as 106,929 Vietnamese people in 27 cities and provinces have been given an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine shot since the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign was launched in March, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH),

Bach Long Vi – a frontline island in the northern port city of Hai Phong, is a large fishing field in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf, with a special strategic location and security-defence significance in safeguarding national sea and island sovereignty and developing the maritime economy.

VOV.VN - Ten people, including an Indian expert, have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the past 24 hours, bringing Vietnam’s total number of coronavirus infections to 2,801, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 18.00hrs update.

VOV.VN - Viet Duc (Vietnam-Germany) University Hospital has been granted surgical centre accreditation by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

“Le khao le the linh Hoang Sa” (Feast and Commemoration Festival for Hoang Sa Soldiers) was held in Ly Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, on April 19.

The central province of Quang Nam has put forward plans to host international tourists with “vaccine passports” and negative coronavirus tests.

The 7th National External Information Service Awards were launched during a press conference in Hanoi on April 19.

VOV.VN - The southern border province of Kien Giang has decided to increase the capacity of its to-be field hospital to receive coronavirus infections returning from Cambodia which is severely ravaged by the fresh coronavirus outbreak.

The border guard and police forces in the northern border province of Dien Bien have captured 12 people for organising the illegal exit of 13 foreigners.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is entering the second phase of the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign, and most of the localities have been supplied the vaccine for the campaign, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).