VOV.VN - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and VABIOTECH, one of the leading Vietnamese pharmaceutical companies, unveiled on July 21 that the initial test batch of the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 has been produced in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has reached agreements relating to the transfer of technology for COVID-19 vaccines from Russia and the United States, according to Reuters.

VOV.VN - The 62nd version of the International Mathematical Olympiad 2021 got underway on July 19 via an online platform, with the event being held at the University of Science in Hanoi and Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The nation currently runs a relatively high trade deficit of wood products from Russia, with a turnover of up to US$13 million.

VOV.VN - AstraZeneca delivered more than 920,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine on July 15 morning to the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC), a local private firm that has been authorised by the Ministry of Health to import COVID-19 vaccines.

VOV.VN - The Russian city of St. Petersburg would like to beef up cooperation with Vietnamese localities on the back of the positive development of the Russia - Vietnam relations.

VOV.VN - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic impacting seafood consumption globally, fish cake and surimi exports have continued to record growth in the opening five months of the year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc pushed for stronger cooperative ties between Vietnam and Thailand, Chile, Cuba and Russia during his separate receptions for newly accredited ambassadors of these countries in Hanoi on July 13.

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc island, a famous tourist destination in Vietnam, is likely to receive between 2,000 and 3,000 tourists per month through charter flights touching down on the island for the first three months of a trial scheme aimed at welcoming back international tourists.

VOV.VN - The Government has approved the Ministry of Health’s proposal to purchase 40 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Vietnam.