Japanese shareholder Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has announced the termination of a strategic alliance agreement signed with Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank), dantri.com.vn reported.
Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang hands over to the Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long over 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine sponsored by the Japanese Government. (Photo: VGP)Immediately after the Prime Minister's plane landed, the handover ceremony and reception of vaccines took place solemnly at the Noi Bai International Airport, with the participation of Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang, and Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.On behalf of the delegation, Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang gave symbolically to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long the amount of 1,540,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the Japanese Government to Vietnam.In addition, he gave a symbolic gift to Deputy Minister of Finance Vo Thanh Hung an amount of USD1 million from Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (SMBC) to support the Government of Vietnam in the prevention of the pandemic. In the context that the pandemic is undergoing complicated development, the number of va
Commodity currencies slipped from multimonth highs on Thursday after their rally on strong raw material prices was sideswiped by sudden selling against the yen, in what many traders described as inevitable profit-taking after a long rally.