Vietnam News Today (Jan. 8): Vietnam records 16,254 new Covid-19 cases; Vietnam tightens management on drugs for Covid-19 treatment; Overseas Vietnamese to receive favorable conditions to return to homeland; HCMC, Da Nang eye return of foreign tourists in 2022.

Vietnam News Today (November 24): Vietnam confirms another 39,126 local Covid patients; Vietnam produces antiviral Molnupiravir for Covid-19 treatment; Official proposes visa exemption for foreign tourists; Golf tourism – Vietnam’s new advantage.

In early animal testing, Molnupiravir was found to prevent virus carriers from developing severe symptoms and transmitting the disease.