HCM City under pressure to reopen economy: municipal leader Residents at a vaccination site in HCM City. Ho Chi Minh City is committed to enforcing vigilant pandemic prevention measures when it reopens the economy after months of strict lockdown measures, said a city leader. Speaking at a meeting with economic and medical experts last earlier this week, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen said: “The city is under huge pressure to reopen the economy or it will be too late.” The level of suffering of the economy and people has reached its limit due to prolonged lockdown measures. As such, the city will develop a roadmap for reopening so that it can adapt to and live safety with the virus, he said. The city will gradually narrow down areas with very high risks and try to expand the number of low-risk areas, according to Nen. Vu Thanh Tu Anh, Director of the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management, said that reopening for economic …
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Vietnam to attend ASEM Cultural Festival 2021 Vietnam and 10 other countries have signed up to participate in the ASEM Cultural Festival (#ASEMfest), a side event of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be hosted by Cambodia in November. The ASEM Cultural Festival 2021 is scheduled to get underway between November 22 and 26. This international cultural event will be held virtually with the main activities such as performing arts, and the screening of feature films and documentaries, as well as the exhibition which would be held in hybrid format at the National Museum of Cambodia. The festival aims to explore the cultural diversity and promote the exchange, cooperation and artistic creation between the cultures of both regions, contributing to enhancing cooperation and development between the ASEM partner countries. Joining as a founding member of ASEM in 1996 marked an important step in the implementation of Việt Nam's policy of open foreign policy, multilateralisation and …
Vietnam’s health ministry allocates 8 million more Sinopharm vaccine doses
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Sunday decided to allocate an additional eight million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to 25 cities and provinces. The doses, made by Chinese firm Sinopharm, are donated by Vietnamese Van Thinh Phat Group. Of the 25 provinces and cities, Hanoi is the biggest recipient with 1.36 million shots, followed by Quang Ninh with 700,000, and 500,000 for each of Ho Chi Minh City, Lang Son Province, Hai Phong City, and Yen Bai Province. The new jabs will help these localities inoculate people with the first and second jabs. Before Sunday’s allocation, 5.5 million Sinopharm vaccine doses had been used to immunize people in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Ninh Province, Hai Phong City, Binh Duong Province, and Dong Nai Province. So far, Vietnam has received approximately 50 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, including 20 million Sinopharm shots, more than six million of which were donated by China and five million were purchased by Ho Chi Minh City, …
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Government agrees to purchase 10 million doses of Cuban Covid-19 vaccine
The Vietnamese government have approved the purchase of 10 million doses of Abdala Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Cuba. Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai today, September 20, signed a decision to issue Resolution 109/NQ-CP on the purchase. The resolution endorses the prime minister’s permission to apply the selection of contractors in special cases as stipulated in Article 26 of the Law on Bidding, for purchasing 10 million doses of the vaccine. The Ministry of Health has been assigned to buy the vaccine. Last Friday, the Ministry of Health gave conditional approval for Cuba's Abdala Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in Vietnam. It is produced by the AICA Laboratories Company and Base Business Unit (BBU) AICA in Cuba. The Centre for Immunisation Vaccines Polyvac in Vietnam asked for permission for the vaccine to be used. At present, there are seven foreign Covid-19 vaccines that have obtained a licence for …
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