Cuba said on Saturday it had exported its three-shot Abdala coronavirus vaccine for the first time, sending an initial shipment to Vietnam as part of a five million doses contract.

A central Vietnam court sentenced a local man to 30 months in jail Saturday for breaching quarantine rules and spreading the novel coronavirus to four other people.

Around 40 percent of all existing Covid-19 cases in HCMC, or 35,342 patients, are isolated at home for treatment.

Eight Covid-19 vaccines conditionally approved for emergency use in Vietnam.

Vietnam reports 9,706 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday.