A worker in Tân Thuận Industrial Park, HCM City, receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab on August 15. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday sent a letter to President of the European Council Charles Michel requesting the European Union (EU) share COVID-19 vaccines to Việt Nam. President Phúc thanked the EU for its support, especially offering 2.4 million doses of vaccines to the country via COVAX Facility. As Việt Nam is having difficulties in obtaining enough vaccines for the entire population of almost 100 million, as well as medical equipment, he requested that the EU provide…
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn In the context of the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines are considered a strategic and sustainable solution. Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính recently signed decision on establishing the Government’s Working Group on vaccine diplomacy (the Working Group). Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn, Head of the Working Group, spoke to the press about the specific objectives of this Working Group and the contributions of the foreign affairs ministry to the Government’s joint efforts in the fight against COVID-19. Can you talk about the significance of establishing the Government’s Working Group on vaccine diplomacy and the…
The value of bonds issued by real estate enterprises in Q2 was VNĐ64.4 trillion, accounting for 44.4 per cent of the total issued value. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI The realty sector recorded a strong rise in the value of corporate bonds issued in the first six months of 2021, but risks still abound amid the impact of COVID-19 on production and businesses. In the second quarter of 2021, the total value of corporate bonds issued reached VNĐ164 trillion (US$7.15 billion), 3.7 times higher than the previous quarter and up 29 per cent over the same period…
Châu Hoàng Tuyết Loan trains hard to prepare for the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics 2020. — Photo courtesy of Châu Hoàng Tuyết Loan Thanh Nga Despite being paralysed in both legs and once suffering a terrible throat cancer, Châu Hoàng Tuyết Loan has extraordinary reserves of energy. The 46-year-old powerlifter is about to go to Tokyo for her fifth consecutive Paralympics. Loan has been training hard in the Thủ Đức gymnasium in HCM City to prepare for the upcoming global sports event for the disabled. The powerlifter is considered part of the extraordinary strength and will of the Vietnamese disabled sports team.…
Following the success of the Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars as a key breakthrough for unmanned flight powered by the Qualcomm Flight Platform – Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. continues its drone leadership by unveiling the world’s first drone platform and reference design to offer both 5G and AI-capabilities, the Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform. This new solution helps accelerate development for commercial, enterprise, and industrial drones, and unleashes innovative possibilities for industries looking to adopt drone solutions and realize the benefits of the intelligent edge. The Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform, powered by the Qualcomm® QRB5165 processor, builds upon Qualcomm Technologies’ latest…
Deputy Health Ministry Nguyễn Trường Sơn (right) visits the Tân Bình COVID-19 Treatment Field Hospital when it official opened on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of the ministry HCM CITY — The Tân Bình COVID-19 Treatment Field Hospital managed by personnel of Thống Nhất Hospital opened on Hoàng Văn Thụ Street in HCM City’s Tân Bình District on Wednesday. This is the first field hospital in the city to provide treatment to all three kinds of COVID-19 patients – those with mild, medium or serious illness. Other field hospitals in the city are now usually specialised in one…
Medical workers take samples from residents in Hà Nội’s Hoàng Mai District on Wednesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thành Đạt HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội is collecting one million samples for COVID-19 screening tests from August 18 to 20, the city’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said. The high-risk groups include shippers, sellers at wet markets, employees of supermarkets and trade centres, sellers at home-based grocery stores, petrol sellers, long-haul truck drivers, security guards, construction workers, sellers at pharmacies, workers at retail warehouses, persons performing duties at pandemic checkpoints, those participating in anti-pandemic activities, and environmental workers. The second phase of mass RT-PCR testing…
Former director of Hà Nội Department of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Văn Tứ. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in Hà Nội on Tuesday to consider disciplinary measures against the Party Delegation to the Hà Nội People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenure and several former leaders of Hà Nội and HCM City. After considering suggestions by the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission, the Secretariat concluded that the Party Delegation to the Hà Nội People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenure violated the Party’s principles on organisation and operations, resulting in the top official’s…
About 80 tonnes of COVID-19 related waste are treated in this plant a day. VNA/VNS Photo BÌNH DƯƠNG — As the healthcare professionals are racing to save lives in Bình Dương, environmental workers are also on the front line to make sure COVID-19 related waste from hospitals, quarantine facilities and locked down areas is properly collected and treated to prevent risks of disease transmission in the community. Staff in the province are working around the clock collecting and classifying tonnes of medical waste and hazardous materials. The average amount of COVID-19 related waste in Bình…
An eastern section of North-South Expressway under construction. — VNA/VNS Photo Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Ngọc Đông talked to Vietnam News Agency about price fluctuation and shortage of construction materials for the North-South Expressway sub-projects. Could you update progress of the North-South Expressway project? Are sub-projects meeting deadlines? The construction of the eastern section of the North-South Expressway was approved by the National Assembly. The Government issued a resolution to implement 11 sub-projects, including eight using public investment (Cao Bồ-Mai Sơn, Mai Sơn-Highway No 45, Highway No -Nghi Sơn, Nghi Sơn-Diễn Châu, Cam Lộ-La Sơn, Vĩnh Hảo-Phan Thiết, Phan…