Tag: vaccine
2021 economic outlook remains positive despite COVID-19 resurgence
Despite the complexity of the fourth COVID-19 wave, Vietnam’s GDP growth is forecast to exceed 6.5% this year on the back of surging industrial production and global economic recovery, according to Assoc. Prof. and PhD Dinh Trong Thinh, a senior economist from the Academy of Finance.
National COVID-19 vaccine fund raises over VND4.8 trillion
The national COVID-19 vaccine fund received more than VND4.84 trillion (US$210.2 million) worth of donations from 283,169 organisations and individuals as of 5pm on June 12, according to the fund's management board.
NA Chairman urges stepping up vaccine strategy
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has asked for stepping up the vaccine strategy with a specific roadmap and measures to achieve herd immunity, thus laying an important foundation to catch up with the global economy.
COVID-19: HCM City hospital cases rise sharply, most asymptomatic
VOV.VN - Fifty-three employees of the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus since the first case was detected a day ago, according to the hospital’s management.
Vietnam licenses Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has approved the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine Comirnaty for emergency use in Vietnam on request from Pfizer Vietnam Co. Ltd.
Vietnamese people in UK support COVID-19 vaccine fund
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on June 11 held a fund-raising ceremony in support of the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in Vietnam,
Industrial park employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by August
VOV.VN - Addressing a COVID-19 review meeting in Hanoi on June 11, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said efforts are needed to ensure all employees working at industrial parks nationwide are vaccinated against the virus by August, 2021.
OVs in Tanzania, Mexico, South Africa support COVID-19 vaccine fund
Fund-raising programmes to support the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in the homeland were launched by Vietnamese embassies in Tanzania, Mexico, and South Africa on June 10.
Phase 3 human trials of homegrown Nano Covax vaccine approved
VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan has signed a decision to approve the third phase of human trials for the locally-produced Nano Covax vaccine against the COVID-19.
Party leader requests greater efforts to bring COVID-19 under control
VOV.VN - Amid a range of complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stated on June 11 that Vietnam should remain highly vigilant whilst simultaneously staying united in order to combat the disease.
