The Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross Society mobilised about 500,000 volunteers to participate in assisting more than one million people and 540 medical and social facilities with total financial support of over VND50.6 billion (US$2.2 million) between May 1 and September 30.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, on behalf of the Vietnamese community abroad, handed over more than VND3 billion (US$131,700) to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) on October 8 to support the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and the Covid-19 vaccine fund.

Vietnam had administered nearly 50 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 as of noon on October 7, according to data from the National Immunisation Portal.

A total of 4,150 new Covid-19 infections were recorded in Vietnam in the past 24 hours to 5pm on October 7, 209 cases fewer than the day before.

The Vietnamese Government has recently issued Resolution No. 122/NQ-CP on the purchase of 400,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from the Hungarian Government.