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Japanese police investigate the incident (Photo: TV Asahi) Tokyo (VNA) - The Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka , Japan on August 3 said it is working with relevant agencies of the host country to clarify information stating that a Vietnamese in Osaka died after being assaulted and pushed into a river by another man. According to the Consulate General, there was a video recorded by a Vietnamese on social network on August 2 which showed a young man was assaulted and died after being pushed into a river in the Namba area of the Japanese city. Upon receiving the news, the Consulate General contacted Osaka police and sought information from the Vietnamese community in the Kansai region to verify the incident. Local police said they will inform the Vietnamese side after investigation. Police at the scene of the incident (Photo: Mainichi Shimbun) In addition, the Consulate General sent a diplomatic note asking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and …

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Vietnamese foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn (centre) spoke at the ASEAN-RoK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held virtually on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kiên HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has officially assumed its role as the coordinator for relations between ASEAN and the Republic of Korea (RoK) for 2021-24 at the ASEAN-RoK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held via video conference on Tuesday. Speaking at the event, Vietnam’s foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn affirmed Việt Nam would work with other countries to intensify and deepen the ASEAN-RoK strategic partnership. Sơn said he appreciated the RoK's increasingly important role in the region and welcomed its New Southern Policy that aims to deepen its partnership with ASEAN and Southeast Asia. He suggested the RoK continue to supply COVID-19 vaccines to ASEAN countries and support the bloc’s efforts to narrow the development gap and promote equitable and sustainable development in the ASEAN sub-regions, including the Mekong. The …

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Enterprises in Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park in HCM City are working to maintain production amid the Covid-19 pandemic. — VNS Photo Nguyễn Diệp HCM CITY — The city’s health sector and Thủ Đức city authorities must apply strict Covid-19 prevention measures to maintain safety and industrial production value at Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) amid the pandemic, Phan Văn Mãi, deputy secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee, said. During a visit to the park on Monday, Mãi said the park should strive to become “a green zone” that offers absolute safety even after the current outbreak ends. He said the city’s health sector should give priority for vaccinations to workers at the park to help production activities return to normal. Nguyễn Anh Thi, head of the SHTP Management Board, said that 60 of 157 enterprises in the park were struggling to maintain production with more than 10,000 employees, or only 20 per cent of the number of workers compared to normal days. They have set up …

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Foreign ministers of the five Mekong countries and the US participate in the second ministerial level Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) meeting held on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese foreign minister Bùi Thanh Sơn has attended the second ministerial level Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) held virtually on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Prak Sokhon and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. It is part of the ongoing ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting which opened on Monday. Sơn stressed Việt Nam puts great emphasis on cooperation between Mekong partner countries towards sustainable development. He also welcomed the contributions of MUSP in helping the Mekong member nations deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and in building the ASEAN Community. Sơn underlined four priority areas. These include speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations, accelerating vaccine production, and enhancing …

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H.E., Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlum, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey. On the occasion of the Third Turkey-ASEAN Trilateral Meeting to be held on August 9, 2021, Việt Nam News introduces an article by H.E., Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlum, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey. Asia, the cradle of some of the oldest civilisations, has again been gaining a pivotal role on the world scene. As home to the youngest populations and the most dynamic economies in the world, center of gravity of global economy has shifted towards Asia. We have a long history of relations and deep-rooted ties with Asian countries. We are proud of our Asian roots and our role to serve as a gateway to two major continents, Asia and Europe. Today, we aim to re-energise our cooperation with Asia through our Asia Anew Initiative launched in 2019. ASEAN has a central place in our foreign policy towards Asia. We established sectoral dialogue partnership with ASEAN in 2017. This helps us to further …

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Vaccination progress “too slow”, minister urges ramp-up Ministry approves clinical trial of new COVID-19 vaccine Oxygen, ventilator coordination groups formed to facilitate COVID-19 treatment 186 new deaths reported, HCM City’s caseload tops 100,000 COVID-19 cases top 150,000, no new deaths David McNaught, the counsellor of the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Việt Nam (centre), gives the vaccines to representatives of Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health on Tuesday received 415,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine as donation from the British Government. The vaccine was presented by David McNaught, political counsellor of the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Việt Nam, in a reception ceremony held at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hà Nội. Representative of the Vietnamese health ministry said that over the past 50 years, …

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UK Government presents Việt Nam with 415,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine Ministry approves clinical trial of new COVID-19 vaccine Oxygen, ventilator coordination groups formed to facilitate COVID-19 treatment 186 new deaths reported, HCM City’s caseload tops 100,000 COVID-19 cases top 150,000, no new deaths People in Hà Nội get their COVID-19 vaccinations on August 2. VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long repeatedly urged localities nationwide to ramp up vaccination efforts, complaining that the vaccination rollouts were “too slow” in many places. Up to Tuesday morning, more than 6.95 million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Việt Nam and 712,864 people have received two shots. Monday saw the highest number of doses administered in a day with nearly 538,500 jabs given. During the past week, the number of doses administered daily has ranged from 200,000 to 400,000. The country planned to vaccinate at least …

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Cát Linh-Hà Đông metro line in its first trial operation in December last year. VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI – The Transport Department of Hà Nội has issued fares for the 2A Cát Linh-Hà Đông metro route - the first metro route to be built in Hà Nội. Single tickets will be priced from VNĐ8,000 to 15,000 (34 -65 US cents) and a daily ticket will cost VNĐ30,000 (US$1.3) for unlimited trips throughout the day. A monthly ticket is VNĐ200,000 (US$8.7). Students and workers in industrial zones will be priority passengers who will be entitled to a 50 per cent subsidy for monthly tickets. Employees at offices and enterprises outside the IZs will be offered a 30 per cent discount in form of a group purchase. People with meritorious service, the elderly, people with disabilities, children under 6 years old and members of poor households will be offered tickets free of charge. In the first 15 days of commercial operation, all passengers will be exempted from paying. …

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A green board is put up at the entrance of the residential area in Mai Động Ward, Hoàng Mai District, Hà Nội, where no COVID-19 patients have been reported, to indicate they are safe. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng HÀ NỘI — Nearly 50 residential areas in Hà Nội’s Hoàng Mai District without COVID-19 cases were marked as the “green zones” on Monday, the Tin tức (News) online newspaper reported. Barriers and a green board were put up at their entrances, indicating no COVID-19 patients have been reported there and outlining measures that non-residents must take before entering. The measures include making health declarations, following the 5K message, and placing parcels and deliveries at the entrance. The move came following orders from Hoàng Mai District’s Party Committee, which instructed 14 wards under its jurisdiction to put up barriers around COVID-free areas to maintain their safety. The 50 green zones reported were in Mai Động and Đại Kim wards. Speaking about …

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Two working groups were established by the Ministry of Health Monday to facilitate COVID-19 treatment nationwide. An official at the An Giang General Hospital examines a Savina 300 Classic ventilator donated by the An Giang Import-Export companyto treat COVID-19 patients. One will be responsible for coordinating medical oxygen distribution and the other for ventilator use among COVID-19 patients. The oxygen coordination group will be led by Deputy Health Minister Trần Văn Thuấn. He will be supported by Nguyễn Minh Tuấn, deputy director of the health ministry’s Department of Medical Equipment and Works, and Hà Anh Đức, chief officer of the ministry’s office. The 13 other group members are leaders of departments and hospitals under the ministry, the HCM City’s Department of Health, and other health-related units. They will be responsible for keeping track of the use of medical oxygen at hospitals and health centres nationwide, facilitating oxygen …

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