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The Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health has given the green light to Vimedimex Medi-Pharma JSC to import 30 million doses of the Hayat-Vax vaccine, produced in China and packaged in the UAE. A vial of the Hayat-Vax vaccine. - Photo: VGP Vimedimex had earlier proposed importing the vaccine to meet the urgent demand for the pandemic prevention and control in Vietnam, Lao Dong newspaper reported. The vaccine is made by China’s Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd (Sinopharm) and packaged by the UAE’s Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries (Julphar). The Drug Administration of Vietnam required the vaccine batch to meet the requirements attached to a decision approving the Hayat-Vax vaccine. Vimedimex was also asked to take responsibility for the origin and quality of the vaccine and ensure the safe and effective use of the vaccine for the right purpose. The company must also comply with prevailing regulations on the vaccine import and … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Vimedimex gets nod to import 30 million Hayat-Vax doses

HCM City to implement third relief package worth 7.3 trillion VND Ho Chi Minh City will carry out the third relief package worth 7.3 trillion VND (around 320.7 million USD) sourced from the local budget to help more households and informal workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, said Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee. Speaking at a press conference held by the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on September 20, Hoan said given complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city and prolonged social distancing, people face more difficulties due to job loss and having no income. Therefore, in addition to the social security relief packages of the city's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and other organisations and individuals, the municipal People's Committee continues to implement the third relief package to help ease difficulties for local residents. According to reports from the People's Committees of … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 21

The T&T Group on September 21 signed several MoUs and contracts with US partners within the framework of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s working trip to the US. At the signing ceremony between firms of Vietnam and the US (Photo: VNA) The Vietnamese firm inked an MoU with UPC Renewables on working together in offshore and nearshore wind and solar power projects in several provinces in Vietnam with a combined capacity of nearly 1,500 MW and total investment of about 2.5 billion USD. T&T Group also sealed two deals in buying animal feed materials totalling 525 million USD. Accordingly, its agricultural arm T&T Agri will import 1.25 million tonnes of materials worth 450 million USD from The Delong Company next year. The other is an agreement in principle valuing at 75 million USD per year also between T&T Agri and US firm Valero. Meanwhile, the group's pharmaceutical arm, T&T Pharma reached a deal worth 23 million USD to be the sole … [Read more...] about T&T Group, US partner reach deal in renewable energy in Vietnam

The Ministry of Health reported 11,527 in Vietnam on Wednesday, together with 11,919 discharged patients and 236 deaths. Thirty-five provinces and cities logged 11,525 domestic cases while the country recorded another two imported infections, the health ministry said. The ministry had documented 11,687 locally-infected patients on Tuesday. Nearly 5,900 of the latest domestic cases were found in the community, with the remaining detected in sectioned-off areas or centralized quarantine facilities. Ho Chi Minh City reported 5,435 local infections, down by 1,086 patients from yesterday; Binh Duong Province 4,179, up by 570; Dong Nai Province 930; Long An Province 191; An Giang Province 186; Kien Giang Province 137; Can Tho City 48; Da Nang 10; and Hanoi seven. Vietnam has confirmed 714,497 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth – and worst – virus wave emerged in the country on April 27. Ho Chi Minh City suffers the most with 353,655 … [Read more...] about 11,527 new COVID-19 cases recorded in 35 provinces, cities in Vietnam

Vietnam’s export turnover is forecast to surpass 315 billion USD this year, which, however, requires more drastic measures. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, in the first eight months of this year, the country’s export revenue stood at 213.52 billion USD, up 21.8 percent year-on-year. Based on the eight-month performance, together with the latest market situation, economists have drawn up two scenarios for Vietnam’s exports in the remaining months and the whole year. Under the first scenario when the COVID-19 pandemic is put under control in October, the export value for the remaining four months of the year would reach 108.8 billion USD and 322 billion USD for the entire year, up 14.3 percent from last year. Meanwhile, under the second scenario when the pandemic is only contained at the end of the year, the revenue is projected to go down 4.4 percent to 102.7 billion USD in the four-month period, and total 316 billion USD for the year, an … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s 2021 exports forecast to exceed $315 billion

Most of the spending will be used for vaccine purchases. Vietnam might need an amount of VND40 trillion (US$1.74 billion) for the fight against Covid-19 in the time to come. AstraZeneca, the first vaccine approved in Vietnam. Photo: UNICEF The money would be used to buy the vaccine and medical equipment, the news was released today [Sept 22] by Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc who also said that the government spent VND18.35 trillion ($797 million) on the Covid-19 fight in the first eight months this year. Today, the National Assembly (NA), the highest legislative body, agreed to transfer VND14.6 trillion ($635 million) from the 2021 savings for the anti-pandemic missions this year. Earlier, the Ministry of Health estimated that Vietnam needs VND28.5 trillion ($1.23 billion) to purchase 170 million doses of vaccines. To date, the country still needs VND16 trillion ($695 million). In another move, the government today approved to import of an 20 million … [Read more...] about Today’s Covid News: Vietnam likely to spend US$1.7 billion on pandemic fight