VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is on an official working visit to Cuba, had a meeting with Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and leaders of various Cuban ministries and agencies, on September 19 (Havana time).

The National Ethics Committee in Biomedical Research under the Ministry of Health on September 19 issued a press statement on its conclusions of a meeting one day earlier during which it looked into the mid-term phase 3 trial’s results of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Nano Covax.

About 4,000 foreigners in Hanoi were vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic from September 15-18.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Le Linh Lan has suggested Novartis promote cooperation with private corporations with great potential in Vietnam in pharmaceuticals research and production in the Southeast Asian country.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has issued a resolution which aims to support enterprises, co-operatives, and household businesses amid the complicated nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, with four groups of solutions being devised.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) conditionally adopted Cuba’s Abdala COVID-19 vaccine on September 17 for domestic use in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang is in the process of preparing to be the first destination nationwide to welcome the return of foreign tourists under a trial vaccine passport programme.

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.

Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc has affirmed that the State budget is enough for expenditures planned by the National Assembly (NA) and the Prime Minister.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on September 17 signed a decision on expense to buy nearly 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine BNT162 by Pfizer.