Saturday, July 17, 2021, 07:40 GMT+7
An aerial photo shows one of the two under-construction hospitals in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre
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Politics
-- Speaking at a virtual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on Friday night, Vietnam’s State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged to speed up regional cooperation in technology transfer and research the possibility of a temporary agreement within APEC on the abolition of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 Updates
-- The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Saturday morning confirmed 2,105 local COVID-19 infections, including 1,769 cases in Ho Chi Minh City, raising the national tally to 46,292, with 10,020 recoveries and 225 deaths.