VOV.VN - The nation has signed three agreements for the transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology with Russia, the United States, and Japan, according to details provided by Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.
The Song Foundation is organizing an online exhibition featuring over 20 paintings of Vietnamese and foreign artists to raise public awareness over environmental protection and raise funds for charity and social programs.
Germany has pledged to provide EUR50 million (US$58.8 million) in official development assistance (ODA) loans and another EUR63.559 million in non-refundable ODA for 14 technical assistance and investment projects in Vietnam this year.
The Government will continue to provide the most optimal conditions for Ho Chi Minh City and pandemic-hit localities to stamp out COVID-19 and promptly resume production, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong on July 23 received 150,000 boxes of medicines worth VND62.6 billion from AstraZenaca to help treat patients with non-communicables diseases amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has asked for more medical staff to support its COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 23 requested relevant ministries and agencies to remove obstacles to research and development of vaccines, including those against COVID-19, to support the national vaccine strategy.
VOV.VN - The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, began a week-long disinfection campaign on July 23 over an initial 3,000ha area and 1,000-km road as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
VOV.VN - The ASEAN Committee in Canberra (ACC) will continue striving to fulfil its role of serving as a bridge between ASEAN and Australia in order to raise the strategic partnership to new heights.
The Ho Chi Minh City High Command will disinfect the entire city, especially areas with complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the next seven days.