The photos of two frontline healthcare workers sleeping on a street in Covid-19 protective clothing after a night at work in Dien Bien Province has deeply moved people.

Vietnam travel agencies are launching "vaccine tours" to the U.S. to boost a hobbled tourism industry, with some states allowing foreigners to receive Covid-19 jabs.

Over recent times, the army has not only performed their assigned tasks well and effectively prevented and controlled the Covid-19 pandemic, but also actively coordinated with localities and functional forces to help people activate disease prevention measures at the highest level.

The Ministry of Health announced on May 21 that it had allocated Covid-19 vaccines to centres for disease control in cities and provinces, armed and public security forces, hospitals, universities, and ministry units.

Vietnam's northern Bac Giang Province, now a Covid-19 epicenter, has ordered to stop all passenger transportation services from Friday.