The seventeen fighters and foreign experts of Vietnam's national taekwondo, judo and wrestling teams were the first athletes to receive the vaccine prior to competing for a spot at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games set to begin on July 23.

A female Vietnamese athlete receives a Covid-19 vaccine shot at a hospital in Hanoi on March 30, 2021.

Coach Vu Anh Tuan of the national taekwondo team said the athletes all felt well after being inoculated with the British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca's vaccine.

A total of 20 athletes and coaches will be vaccinated each day.

Phase 1 will see about 180 Olympic shooting, judo, wrestling, gymnastics, athletics, taekwondo, archery, karate, boxing, fencing, badminton, weightlifting, rowing, and canoeing hopefuls inoculated.

The national men's football team set to participate in 2022 World Cup qualifiers in UAE during June will also get the jab.

Players from Viettel FC, Hanoi FC, and Saigon FC that will compete in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, which still start in late June, will be part of the second group of 192 athletes and coaches to be vaccinated.

Vietnam is aiming for 20 slots at the Olympics. But at the moment, only five athletes have managed to qualify for the event: Nguyen Huy Hoang (swimming), Le Thanh Tung (gymnastics), Do Thi Anh Nguyet and Nguyen Hoang Phi Vu (archery) and Nguyen Van Duong (boxing).

Over 46,000 Vietnamese, mainly frontline workers in the Covid-19 fight, have received their first Covid-19 vaccine shots since March 8.

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(BGO) - While many young laborers in rural areas find and choose jobs in industrial zones and clusters or in urban areas, many young people set up their career in their hometown. They have succeeded thanks to their will and efforts, along with the companionship and support of the Farmers’ Unions at all levels.

Bac Giang actively controls pandemic in “new normal”

(BGO) - The Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam has been basically controlled. In Bac Giang province, the whole political system is focusing highly on maintaining the achievements in pandemic prevention and combat obtained in the past period, creating a basis for economic recovery and development, and protection of people’s health.

Source: VnExpress