Cooperative promotion

The EU Ambassador to ASEAN Igor Driesmans on August 13 announced three new development cooperation projects with ASEAN worth a total amount of 13 million EUR (over 15 million USD). The announcement of the new projects was made during the virtual opening of the third ASEAN-EU Cooperation and Scholarships Day. Specifically, 5 million EUR will be provided for a project supporting smart and sustainable urbanisation, another 5 million UER for a scheme on sustainable forest management, and three million EUR for the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions. The EU Ambassador stressed that the announcement of the three projects demonstrates the strong commitment of the EU and ASEAN to enhancing their partnership and cooperation despite the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic uncertainty. The EU is ASEAN’s most significant partner in development cooperation, supporting the region with 250 million EUR for regional integration programmes between 2014-2020, in addition to 2 billion EUR in … [Read more...] about EU announces three new cooperation programme with ASEAN

Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong speaking at the annoucement In line with the Resolution No.52-NQ/TW dated September 27, 2019 on the policies on taking initiatives in participation in Industry 4.0 and Decision No.749/QD-TTg dated June 3, 2020 approving the National Digital Transformation Programme by 2025, the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) has completed and supplies 93 level 4 online public services integrated into the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) Public Service Portal. … [Read more...] about Vietnam announces digital transformation plan for pharma industry

However, the increase in consumer promotions also did not manage to pull up the purchasing power that went down quickly and deeply because of consumers’ spending cuts in the context of the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic. Noticeably, in the first seven months of this year, the consumer structure and mentality have had changes in a negative direction. Visiting shopping malls in Ho Chi Minh City during this time, many people share the same feeling that sellers outnumber buyers, although several domestic and international brands are still offering to reduce their prices by up to 50 percent. In many retail markets, most of the non-food stalls have stopped selling because there are no customers, only the fresh food sector is still active. At supermarkets, the situation is better because many customers come to shop, but the purchasing power is not as strong as before, but only focuses on the groups of food and foodstuffs for daily needs. According to the MM Mega … [Read more...] about Sharing difficulties with consumers

He reiterated the dual goals for the province that are spurring socio-economic development and combating the COVID-19 pandemic, and asked the locality to continue with mechanisms and policies in support of production and business, as well as those affected by the disease. … [Read more...] about PM urges Phu Tho to turn tourism into spearhead

Nitin Kapoor, chairman cum general director of AstraZeneca Vietnam Co., Ltd., said that, “AstraZeneca is proud to accompany Vietnam’s healthcare development since 1994. Building on our investment of VND5 trillion ($217.4 million) last year during Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to our global manufacturing site, this is our next step to expedite our innovative solutions to address local healthcare needs and create value for patients and society. The milestone today, made possible by the support of the Ministry of Health and healthcare partners, is extremely meaningful to AstraZeneca as we continue to enhance local partnerships to embark on a new exciting journey with Vietnam.” … [Read more...] about Vice Minister of Health witnesses AstraZeneca-National Phytopharma model partnership