The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced an additional 142 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in five localities on May 30 afternoon, including 49 cases in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed an additional 49 locally transmitted cases in Vietnam over the past six hours, including 46 cases in Bac Giang, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot.
Russian experts optimistic about Vietnamese economic outlook Update: 26-05-2021 | 21:38:42
Vietnam’s capacity to build long-term strategies is key for the country’s economic growth despite unprecedented difficulties brought by COVID-19 pandemic, according to Acting Director of the Far East Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences Prof. Dr. Aleksey Maslov.
Vietnamese army s chemical division disinfects the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases - one of the COVID-19 hot spot
Commenting on the economic situation of Vietnam, Maslov noted Vietnam s impressive success in 2020 with growth of 2.91 percent. Particularly, Vietnam is a model of effective response to COVID-19, he added.
He underlined that despite the country’s not very large economic scale, Vietnam has posted consecutive high growth in recent years (6.81 percent in 2017, 7.08 percent in 2018, and 7.02 percent in 2019). Even in 2020 amid great challenges, growth was seen in the produc
Vietnam logged 35 cases of COVID-19 in the past 12 hours as of 6:00 am on May 13, 33 of which were recorded in quarantine sites, according to the Ministry of Health.
COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - To keep
COVID-19 at bay, Vietnam wants countries that
produce vaccines to waive the associated intellectual property (IP) rights to
boost availability worldwide, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang told
a regular press conference held virtually on May 13.
When asked to comment about
US President Joe Biden’s statement in support
of waiving IP rights on COVID-19 vaccines, Hang said Vietnam has made every possible
effort to access COVID-19 vaccines and negotiate with potential foreign
suppliers.
It has been able to access several sources of supply, including from the