A batch of 852,480 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by Germany via the Covax initiative arrived in Hanoi on Thursday.

The first tour to explore HCMC's coastal district Can Gio amid the pandemic is scheduled to open this Sunday and would only be designated for frontline Covid-19 workers.

Vietnam reports 10,585 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday.

At least one homegrown Covid-19 vaccine will be licenced for use by the end of this year, Nguyen Ngo Quang, Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training under the Ministry of Health (MoH).

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