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Additional 288,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrive in Vietnam

The fourth batch of AstraZeneca vaccine with 288,000 doses arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25 night.

Vietnam backs waiving IP rights on COVID-19 vaccines: Spokesperson

To keep COVID-19 at bay, Vietnam wants countries that produce vaccines to waive the associated intellectual property (IP) rights to boost availability worldwide, 

Health ministry issues guidelines on handling COVID-19 vaccine blood clots

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has recently issued guidelines on protocols for diagnosis and treatment of rare brain/abdomen blood clots in the setting of low levels of blood platelets occurring after COVID-19 vaccinations.