World Tourism Day 2021, which is observed on September 27 annually, will focus on “Tourism for Inclusive Growth” this year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

VOV.VN - The Government has approved a Vietnamese pharmaceutical firm’s proposal to purchase 10 million doses of the Abdala COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) in Cuba.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, during his talks in Havana on September 20 with President Miguel Diaz-Canel, thanked the Cuban side for giving top priority to supplying COVID-19 vaccines and transferring vaccine production technology to Vietnam to help it combat COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel hosted a State-level ceremony in Havana on September 19 (local time) to welcome Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc who is on an official working visit to Cuba.

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.