Vietnam raked in US$2.6 billion from exports of textiles and garments in January 2021, up 3.3% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has permitted AstraZeneca Vietnam Co., Ltd. to urgently import a total of 204,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to battle a fresh wave of the coronavirus in the country.
Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations, has affirmed that Vietnam together with ASEAN member states and other WTO members support and congratulate Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her election as WTO General Director.
VOV.VN - The Lotus Medical Centre, which was established through a co-operative agreement between the nation and Poland, has been granted a license to perform novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations in the Eastern European country.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the health sector to conduct all necessary measures to make COVID-19 vaccines available in Vietnam this month either through purchasing or from UN organisations.
Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy has emphasised the need to offer COVID-19 vaccine to peacekeepers, particularly those at high risk, such as medical workers at field hospitals and forces operating in areas severely hit by the pandemic.
An unwavering priority of Russia is to continue consolidating its comprehensive strategic partnership with Vietnam, Russia’s Acting Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Vadim Basinskyi affirmed in his article (translated into Vietnamese) posted on Thanh Nien (Young People) Newspaper.
Vietnam has completed the first phase of the human trials of Nano Covax, a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, with the participation of 60 volunteers, the Vietnam Military Medical University said on February 8.
VOV.VN - Vietnam is one of the countries that will soon benefit from the first phase of COVID-19 vaccine delivery run by COVAX, a global initiative led by the World Health Organisation and other partners.
VOV.VN - International organisations are considering supplying COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX programme to Vietnam to help combat the coronavirus.