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A pregnant woman gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in Quy Nhon city of Binh Dinh province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has tasked the Foreign Ministry with joining the Health Ministry and other relevant ministries and authorities in working with authorities of countries of ASEAN, the EU, the US, China, Japan, Republic of Korea and other countries in the world for the mutual recognition of the “vaccine passport”. In a document, the Government office conveyed the leader’s guidance on the matter. It said many countries are applying the “ vaccine passport ” to open their economies and bring their socio-economic activities back to the new normal. The mutual recognition of the “vaccine passport” between Vietnam and other countries in the region and the world is very important and of special need in the current context./. VNA … [Read more...] about Mutual recognition of “vaccine passport” of special need

Vietnam’s premier has directed relevant agencies to work with their foreign counterparts on reciprocal recognition of COVID-19 immunization certifications, often called 'vaccine passports,' to facilitate travel amid the pandemic. In a recent dispatch, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health to promptly discuss the mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certifications with competent authorities of ASEAN countries, EU member states, the U.S., China, Japan, and others. Such reciprocal recognition is important and necessary in the current context when many countries in the world have reopened their economies and brought socio-economic activities back under 'new normal conditions' while continuing to drive back the COVID-19 pandemic, PM Chinh said. 'Vaccine passports,' which may be in paper or electronic form, have been applied by some areas in the country as a means to welcome back international tourists in the coming time. … [Read more...] about Vietnam considers mutual recognition of ‘vaccine passports’ amid COVID-19

After arriving in Vietnam, a shipment of over 1.3 million jabs of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been handed over to the Ministry of Health to continue feeding the country’s accelerated immunization campaign. The ministry received 1,317,500 vaccine doses from the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) on Monday, as part of the 30-million-dose contract signed between VNVC and the manufacturer in late 2020. The latest shipment, which arrived in Ho Chi Minh City last Friday, has taken the total number of vaccine doses delivered to Vietnam from this source to nearly 15 million, including five million this month. VNVC has previously agreed to hand over all the vaccine doses under this contract to the ministry on a non-profit basis and pay all relevant expenses, including that on vaccine storage. To date, the country has received more than 54 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from different sources, including COVAX Facility, contract purchases, and donations. This vaccine … [Read more...] about Vietnam gets 1.3 million more doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

Conductor Dong Quang Vinh was born in 1984 to a family of traditional musicians.  His father is Meritorious Artist Dong Van Minh who both performs and makes traditional musical instruments. His mother is Meritorious Artist Mai Thi Lai, a professor of 16-chord zither at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM). At the age of 9, Vinh began learning to play the bamboo flute at the VNAM. He was invited to perform on stage in Japan when he was 12. In 2004, Vinh was sent by the Vietnamese Government to study orchestral conducting at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and was awarded the most distinguished student scholarship by the China National Foundation. Dong Quang Vinh has been guest conductor of the Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai University Chinese Traditional Orchestra, the Zhe Jiang Theater, and the Chinese National Traditional Orchestra. Vinh conducted numerous Shanghai youth orchestras attending … [Read more...] about “Ambassador” connecting Vietnamese with international music

Vietnam’s tuna exports to EU see strong surge thanks to EVFTA Vietnam exported 15,870 tonnes of tuna worth 73.33 million USD to the European Union in the first half of 2021, up 39.3 percent and 31.6 percent, respectively, against the same period last year, according to a journal published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). The tuna shipments accounted for about 15.1 percent of Vietnam’s total seafood export value to the EU. In the second quarter of 2021, the country shipped 9,360 tonnes of tuna to this market, raking in 45.05 million USD, up 43.9 percent in volume and 59.3 percent in value from the previous quarter. The surges were attributed to tariff reductions granted to Vietnam’s tuna products under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which took effect on August 1, 2020. According to the MoIT, Vietnamese tuna was sold at 4.62 USD per kg on average to the EU in the first six months of the year, down 0.27 percent year on year. The global tuna prices … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS SEPTEMBER 25

The Association of Francophone Universities (AUF) has opened employment support centres in Hà Nội and HCM City. — Photo Courtesy of AUF HÀ NỘI — On Monday the Association of Francophone Universities (AUF) opened two employment support centres in Hà Nội and HCM City, with the aim of connecting students with job opportunities, increase their integration into the labour market and encourage their start-up spirit. One centre – named the Centre d'employabilité francophone (CEF) in French - is based in Hà Nội University, while the other is based in the southern branch of Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences in HCM City. The two centres will have projects relating to consultation, job-seeking support, soft-skills training, occupational certification and start-ups. Jean-Marc Lavest, Director of AUF Asia and Pacific, said that in May 2020 the AUF launched a global poll. Feedback was received from more than 15,000 state agencies, university managers, … [Read more...] about French employment support centres open in Hà Nội and HCM City