VOV.VN - Vietnamese farm products, including frozen seafood and agricultural items, have been stuck at ports and northern border gates since mid-November after China recently tightened its inspection policies for COVID-19 control over imported goods.

A prison term from 10 to 11 years has been proposed for Nguyen Nhat Cam, former director of the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC Hanoi), for “violations on bidding regulations that causes serious consequences”.

VOV.VN - Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC have announced that it will develop a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in the form of a nasal spray and eye drops in an effort to meet the various needs of different age groups nationwide.

VOV.VN - There has never been a time previously when travel agencies felt as anxious about the prospects of the domestic tourism industry during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) as this year, largely due to the threat of the coronavirus still lingering as we move into 2021.

Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of IFRC has spoken highly of the collaboration between his organisation and Vietnam at a recent meeting with Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland.

The National Assembly Standing Committee on December 10 passed a resolution on the new environment tax rate on jet fuel in 2021, under which the rate will be VND2,100 per litre, down 30%.

A webinar was held recently to delve into the diversification and exploitation of new opportunities in Vietnam – Argentina economic cooperation.

A three-day conference on ASEAN-APO cooperation in enhancing productivity opened in Hanoi on December 9 to raise mutual understanding between ASEAN and the Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), towards fulfilling the United Nations sustainable development goals.

The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) has become an effective and practical defence-security consultative mechanism, helping the region cope with emerging non-traditional security challenges over the past decade, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

VOV.VN - Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC is the first to announce the price of its COVID-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, with each dose costing approximately VND120,000 (US$52).