VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed that AstraZeneca consider building a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Vietnam to strengthen cooperation in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector between Vietnam and Sweden.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged AstraZeneca to enhance cooperation with Vietnam, including in technology transfer, during his reception for Nitin Kapoor, Vice President BioPharmaceuticals International and Frontier Markets, AstraZeneca, and Chairman of AstraZeneca Vietnam, in Hanoi on March 5.

VOV.VN - People who have already received the AstraZeneca vaccine shots do not need a D-Dimer test or any other blood clotting test, recommended the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has for long not used the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 across the country, said a representative of the Drug Registration Division of the Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - An official of the Ministry of Health has played down public worries about AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine side-effects after the pharmaceutical giant admitted that the vaccine may cause extremely rare side-effects such as blood clots and low platelet count.

Despite macroeconomic challenges, Vietnam has emerged as an innovation hub, attracting many foreign investors, especially those from Sweden, said Eliseo Barcas, CEO of Tetra Pak Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has affirmed Vietnam’s recognition of great importance to strengthening the Vietnam - UK strategic partnership during a recent meeting with UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in London.

VOV.VN - The capital has allocated a total of 17,800 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to its districts to be given as booster shots for people aged over 18.

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) under the Ministry of Health recently sent a dispatch to the Departments of Health, Centres for Disease Control of provinces and cities on strengthening the implementation of vaccination and supplementation of AstraZeneca vaccine against the COVID-19 pandemic from April to June.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai on April 12 received Pascal Soriot, CEO of the UK-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca, who is on a visit to the southern metropolis of Vietnam to discuss ways for fostering bilateral cooperation.