VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has expressed his wish that NG Biotech will continue working alongside local partners to establish a research and development centre for prevention and control of communicable diseases in the country.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Hanoi on September 17 received more than VND182 billion (nearly US$8 million) in cash and kind donated by localities, enterprises and individuals to support the capital city’s COVID-19 fight.

About VND160 billion has been raised from businesses during a programme launched by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on August 17 to support people affected by COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City.

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.

A ceremony to kick-start the construction of an ecotourism project worth more than VND3.66 trillion (US$159.61 million) took place in Nghi Son township of the north central coastal province of Thanh Hoa on June 23.

VOV.VN - Local firms have been advised to become more flexible and consider changing which type of transportation they use when shipping goods to promote the greater production of empty containers to deal with the shortage of empty containers and the recent rise in freight rates.

The People’s Committee of central Dang Nang city and the Import-Export Pan Pacific Group (IPPG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the development of an international and regional finance centre to attract investors in the future.

A memorandum of understanding on cooperation between Vietnamese and Russian enterprises were sealed in Moscow on March 24 in a bid to offer mutual support in terms of information and technology solutions for better tourist flows amid COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Pomelos are projected to become Vietnam’s seventh fruit to successfully make inroads into the United States’ market, following on from dragon fruit, rambutans, longans, lychees, star apples, and mangoes, according to the Vietnam Plant Protection Department.

VOV.VN - A range of local agricultural products are set to enjoy tax incentives brought about by the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) following the recent export of the first batch of Vietnamese shrimp to the EU market.