HIV/AIDS is still a burden on Vietnam with about 12,000 new cases diagnosed and about 2,000 deaths each year.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the necessity of importing COVID-19 vaccines, whilst also focusing on research in relation to producing COVID-19 treatment drugs to ensure the supply of medical equipment and biological products.

The border guards of Quang Binh Province have broken up a large-scale transnational illegal drug trafficking ring, seizing over 300,000 pills of synthetic drugs and detaining two traffickers.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested localities to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure all people aged 18 and above will receive two doses of COVID-19 vaccines this year.

Pham Thi Hong Yen, permanent member of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Committee for Economic Affairs, has called for further sharing of COVID-19 vaccines and treatment drugs between members of the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP).

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung and his Indian counterpart Riva Ganguly Das co-chaired the 11th political consultation and the eighth strategic dialogue on November 12 between the two foreign ministries via an online format.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Russian firms operating in pharmaceuticals and medical equipment have discussed experience and technology in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his desire to further deepen the France-Vietnam strategic partnership during his reception for Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Paris on November 4.

VOV.VN - The nation has contributed to promoting ASEAN's role and resilience, along with bringing better initiatives to the region, according to Dr Hoo Chiew Ping, senior lecturer in Strategic Studies and International Relations under the National University of Malaysia (UKM).

VOV.VN - Vietnam will not tolerate any drug related crimes as it strives to build a safe and secure ASEAN Community with other regional nations, Minister of Public Security To Lam said at the seventh ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters held virtually on October 14.