Can Tho province held a launching ceremony in response to the Covid-19 vaccination campaign and gave the vaccine to 50 first people at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the city, Lao Dong reported. Photo: Lao Dong
The ceremony was attended by Vice-Chairman of Can Tho People's Committee Duong Tan Hien, Deputy Director of Can Tho Department of Health Phu Truong Giang along with leaders of other branches. Photo: Lao Dong
Vice-Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee Duong Tan Hien said this was the largest vaccination campaign ever, adding that in the time ahead, there would be more inoculation phases. Photo: Lao Dong
Vaccine recipients wait for their turns. Photo: Lao Dong
Vaccine recipients are required to make health declarations and have their health checked. Photo: Lao Dong
Deputy Director of Can Tho Department of Health Phu Truong Giang said all vaccination sites in Can Tho had thorough preparation for the immunization campaign. Photo: Lao Dong
All medical workers are trained to vaccinate in accordance with regulations. Can Tho was allocated a total of 6.700 vaccine doses. The city established 17 injection sites in 2017. Photo: Lao Dong
Recipients are told to stay at the injection sites for at least 30 minutes after administration for health monitoring. Photo: Lao Dong
Medical workers are requested to provide recipients with information about the vaccine. With the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, each shot is at least 1 month apart. Photo: Lao Dong
Those being injected will receive vaccination certificates. Photo: Lao Dong
As of 4 p.m. April 18, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Public Security had carried out the first and second phase of COVID-19 vaccination for a total of 79,182 in 22 provinces and cities throughout the country, the Ministry of Health said on April 19.
The vaccinated people are frontline medical workers, and members of anti-coronavirus community groups, and the steering committees on COVID-19 prevention and control, alongside police and armed forces, according to VOV.
Hai Phong city has finalized the first vaccination phase, while the provinces of Quang Ninh and Hai Duong are redoubling efforts to complete the first drive.
Five provinces, including Bac Ninh, Ha Tinh, Cao Bang, Phu Yen and Bac Giang have conducted the second phase of COVID-19 inoculation.
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424 officers and soldiers serving the coming 6th Vietnam-China Border Defense Friendship Exchange event were injected with AstraZeneca dose on April 15.
Chairman of the Can Tho Municipal People's Committee Truong Canh Tuyen held a meeting with Gillian Bird, Ambassador of Australia to Vietnam, and Sarah Hooper, Consul General of Australia in Ho Chi Minh City on March 12.
Can Tho will provide nearly VND 560 million in subscription fees for vessel monitoring system (VMS) devices for 202 fishing vessels in 2025. The information was announced at a conference on information dissemination and communication about regulations on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, organized by the city’s Department of Agriculture and Environment on January 21 in Tran De commune.
On the occasion of the traditional New Year festivals Bunpimay and Chol Chnam Thmay in 2026, various gatherings and cultural exchange activities for Lao and Cambodian students, as well as Khmer ethnic youth, were held in An Giang, Thanh Hoa, and Da Nang.
A foreign visitor has drawn widespread attention after recording the moment he broke down in tears while leaving Vietnam, clearly showing his deep attachment to the people and culture of the country.
Recently, at Bong Van Dia Secondary School in Phan Ngoc Hien commune, Ca Mau province, the Ca Mau Union of Friendship Organizations, in collaboration with the local government and the Vietnam Scholarship Foundation (VNSF), held a ceremony to award scholarships for the second semester of the 2015–2026 academic year.
On the occasion of Bunpimay, the traditional Lao New Year, Thanh Hoa and Da Nang organized gatherings to extend congratulations and present gifts to Lao students studying in the local area.
In concretizing the directives and requirements of the leadership of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations, the People’s Aid Coordinating Committee (PACCOM) is implementing a “accompanying - co-creation” approach in foreign non-governmental aid cooperation. This approach helps align international resources closely with development needs and priorities, while enhancing the effectiveness of cooperation in a substantive and sustainable manner.
The Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association and Nam Viet International Education Group recently signed a cooperation agreement, marking a transition from the initial connection phase to the implementation of concrete activities, thereby contributing to promoting people-to-people exchanges between the two countries in the field of education and training.
On April 7, Viet Duc University Hospital (Hanoi) announced a special case of organ donation from a 19-year-old British female tourist, bringing a chance of survival to three patients suffering from organ failure in Vietnam.
Recently, the Department of Health of Ha Tinh province, with technical support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and funding from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), launched the project “Scaling up the model of preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in Ha Tinh, 2025-2027”.
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