vaccine

Vietnam strives for at least one successful homegrown COVID-19 vaccine in 2021

19:20 | 18/07/2021 Headlines

Vietnam strives to have at least one successful domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine this year, according to deputy health minister Tran Van Thuan.

Binh Duong Customs ensures quick cargo clearance amid pandemic

15:47 | 18/07/2021 Customs

Binh Duong Customs Department are actively carrying out clearance procedures for businesses, ensuring smooth operation during the peak time of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Access to vaccines key to economic recovery, President Phúc tells APEC

21:08 | 17/07/2021 Headlines

President Nguyễn Xuânnbsp;Phúc has toldnbsp;Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders that vaccine access is crucial to economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vaccine diplomacy to play pivotal role in Việt Nam"s search for vaccines

19:24 | 09/07/2021 Headlines

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Minh Vũ talked to the press about efforts to deploy "vaccine diplomacy" to find vaccine sources as well as solutions to successfully implement the Government's vaccine strategy.

Prime Minister asks for AstraZeneca’s support in vaccine strategy implementation

20:00 | 30/06/2021 Headlines

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had an emergency meeting with AstraZeneca in Hanoi on June 29, asking the firm to create the best possible conditions to help Vietnam effectively implement the COVID-19 vaccine strategy.

Health ministry aims to complete third phase human trial of Vietnamese-made vaccine in August

18:30 | 26/06/2021 Headlines

More than 13,000 volunteers are expected to join the third phase human trial of COVID-19 vaccine Nano Covax – the most promising Vietnamese-made vaccine to date.

Textile and garment firms are willing to spend VND400 billion on vaccination

15:15 | 25/06/2021 Import-Export

Keeping both social distancing and production has caused many firms in the textile industry to fall into difficulties and even stop production

Deputy PM lauds businesses" contributions to COVID-19 vaccine fund

19:52 | 04/06/2021 Headlines

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, met on June 4 with representatives from associations and businesses that have contributed ideas and support to the Fund for Vaccination Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

“Vaccine passport” hoped to support resumption of international fights

20:01 | 04/04/2021 Headlines

As COVID-19 cases have been on the decline around the world and vaccination programmes have been rolled out in many countries, agencies and businesses at home and abroad are hopeful that the introduction of “vaccine passports” will allow the resumption of international fights.

“Vaccine passport" mechanism needed to promote trade, investment: PM

20:53 | 31/03/2021 Headlines

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the health, tourism and diplomacy sectors to soon study and issue a "vaccine passport" mechanism in order to promote trade and investment while addressing the Government’s regular meeting on March 31.

Vaccine progress lift emerging East Asian Bond markets

20:24 | 26/03/2021 Finance

VCN - An improving global economic outlook and progress on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations have pushed up bond yields in emerging East Asia.

Preparations underway for first phase of clinical trials for Covivac vaccine

19:25 | 04/03/2021 Headlines

The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), working in co-ordination with the Hanoi Medical University, has prepared training ahead of the first phase of clinical trials to test the effectiveness of the home-grown Covivac vaccine for the nov

COVID-19: Made-in-Vietnam vaccine protects people against UK variant

19:38 | 26/02/2021 Headlines

Nano Covax, Vietnam’s first locally-produced COVID-19 vaccine, has elicited a host of antibodies that help to protect those injected against the B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which originates from the UK, according to a leading Vietnamese scient

Vietnam launches second phase of human trials for Nano Covax vaccine

19:30 | 19/02/2021 Headlines

The second phase of trial injections for Nano Covax, the locally-produced COVID-19 vaccine, will be conducted on over 560 volunteers aged between 18 and 65, with the first trial shot being carried out on February 26, according to Nguyen Ngo Quang, deputy

Politburo green-lights COVID-19 vaccine imports for domestic use

19:21 | 18/02/2021 Headlines

The 13th Political Bureau, the supreme policy-making body of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), along with the CPV Secretariat, approved the Government’s plan to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for domestic use, at their first meeting held on February 18 in