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JICA intensifies collaboration with Vietnam in several fields this year
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plans to focus on health, public investment and human resource development in its activities in Vietnam in fiscal year 2021, which began on April 1, JICA's chief representative in Vietnam Shimizu Akira has confirmed.
Thousands of HCM City workers get COVID-19 vaccine shot
VOV.VN - Roughly 5,500 workers in the Tan Thuan export processing zone in Ho Chi Minh City were inoculated against the COVID-19 pandemic on June 20 as part of the southern city’s widespread vaccination campaign.
COVID-19: HCM City second worst-hit locality in Vietnam as cases surge
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the busiest and most populous locality in Vietnam, has overtaken Bac Ninh province in the north to become the second worst affected locality during the latest COVID-19 outbreak.
94 more cases raise daily tally to 311, mostly in current hotspots
VOV.VN - An additional 94 new domestic cases were confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV-2-virus by the Ministry of Health on June 20 evening, bringing the daily infection count to 311, with Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Giang province reporting the most infections at 137, and 96.
Vietnam racing against time to protect industrial parks from COVID-19
Vietnam’s national count of COVID-19 cases has crossed the milestone of 10,000 more than a month after the resurgence of the virus began in late April, wreaking havoc on multiple major industrial parks where thousands of factory workers have become infected.
Gov’t buys 30 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses from VNVC
The Government on June 19 issued a resolution on the purchase of 30 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ordered by the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC).
Vietnam receives 500,000 doses of Vero-Cell vaccine from China
VOV.VN - Vietnam received 500,000 doses of Vero-Cell COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm, China, alongside 502,400 disposable 1-ml syringes on June 20.
National infection count climbs close to 13,000 following detection of 78 new cases
VOV.VN - The nation recorded 78 more COVID-19 infections, including 76 domestic cases and two imported ones, in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 20, taking the national tally to 12,978, according to the Ministry of Health.
COVID-19: 102 more cases recorded, daily count at 308
VOV.VN - A further 102 cases of COVID-19 were detected across 11 localities by the Ministry of Health on June 19 evening, marking the highest numbers of daily domestic infections recorded in Bac Giang province and Ho Chi Minh City.
Diplomatic efforts taken to bring COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam
Diplomatic channels have been optimised to seek COVID-19 vaccine supply sources around the world in the hope of increasing the rate of vaccinated people, thus pushing back the pandemic soon.
