VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 18 sent a letter to President of the European Council Charles Michel suggesting the European Union (EU) share COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 12 encouraged scientists and pharmaceutical firms to make a greater effort in vaccine research and production in order to have a locally produced COVID-19 vaccine in September 2021.
VOV.VN - ASEAN should strive to increase the exchange of technology and share relevant experiences with its partners in terms of research, development, production, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, regional Foreign Ministers have agreed.
VOV.VN - The Party, State and people of Vietnam will donate 10,000 tonnes of rice to the Party, State and people of Cuba to partly share difficulties faced by the Caribbean nation at present.
VOV.VN - A Japanese drug maker has signed a deal on COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer with two Vietnamese companies, according to Dr. Nguyen Ngo Quang, deputy director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training.
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.
A programme to promote connections for technology supply and demand between Vietnamese and Japanese businesses was held virtually on July 20.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) to draft a plan on the establishment of a national vaccine institute and a research centre for vaccine technology transfer on the basis of re-organising the ministry's existing research facilities.
VOV.VN - Pfizer, a US multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, has pledged to provide Vietnam with 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-18 in the fourth quarter.
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.