Multi faceted atonement

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính held a meeting with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed in New York on May 16 (local time). — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will continue bringing into play its role and making more active and constructive contributions to the common work of the United Nations in all the three pillars – security-politics, development and human rights, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has said. At a meeting with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed in New York on May 16 (local time), the PM stressed that the year 2022 is of great significance as it marks the 45th anniversary of Việt Nam’s UN membership. Appreciating the UN’s valuable contributions and support to Việt Nam over more than four decades, the PM asked Amina to convey his invitation to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other UN leaders to visit Việt Nam this year to foster multi-faceted cooperation between the two sides. Chính reiterated Việt Nam’s strong commitments … [Read more...] about Việt Nam to play more active role at UN: PM

President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited the Temple of Literature in Hà Nội on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo An Đăng HÀ NỘI — Visiting President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou toured the Temple of Literature in Hà Nội and attended a tea party hosted by Vice President of Việt Nam Võ Thị Ánh Xuân on Monday. Sakellaropoulou is paying an official visit to Việt Nam from May 15 to 19 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. At the tea party, the Vietnamese Vice President welcomed the positive results of talks between the two presidents, expressing her belief that the visit by Sakellaropoulou would promote Việt Nam-Greece cooperation in a practical and intensive manner. Xuân thanked the Greek President for her warm sentiments to a high-ranking delegation from Việt Nam during an official visit to the European nation last November, as well as for donating 250,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Việt Nam when the COVID-19 situation in the country was dire. … [Read more...] about Vice President hosts tea party for visiting Greek President in Temple of Literature

"We are constantly looking for other areas to cooperate with the government. We bring to the table expertise in healthcare management, in regulatory affairs, even in logistics." - Lennor Carrillo, general director at Roche Pharma Vietnam During Roche’s 28 years in Vietnam, the company has moved beyond its traditional role as a pharma company and partnered with the government, hospitals, and doctors to improve the entire healthcare ecosystem. Could you share some highlights and difficulties of the journey? Roche celebrated its 125th birthday globally, and in that time span, we’ve tried to go beyond the drug-patient kind of approach and make a bigger impact. In Vietnam, aside from the government, additional partners that we have worked with include the Vietnam Medical Association, the Bright Future Fund, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, and other medical institutes and hospitals. A good example of the partnership we … [Read more...] about Roche Pharma Vietnam co-creating partnerships in sustainable health

The working session between HCMC People’s Committee and VNu-HCMC. (Photo: SGGP) He then proposed that in the task of training high-level human resources for HCMC, the municipal authorities should introduce a suitable financial mechanism for VNU-HCMC to carry out strategies and projects to train international-level human resources in the fields of IT, AI, urban management. Director of VNU-HCMC Vu Hai Quan is delivering his speech in the meeting. (Photo: SGGP) VNU-HCMC hopes that HCMC would support its proposal to the Government and the Education & Training Ministry to establish the Health Science University and the Environment Technology University. VNU-HCMC also wishes for an appropriate mechanism by HCMC People’s Committee for it to lead certain practical research for city development, such as AI application, Agricultural and hi-tech foods, Infectious diseases. Lastly, the university wants the city or interested businesses to invest in construction a research … [Read more...] about HCMC cooperating with VNU-HCMC for sustainable development

This year’s event will introduce 13 films in many genres presenting Europe’s cultural diversity of EU Member States that won multiple prestigious awards, including Oskar & Lilli – Where No One Knows Us, Our Struggles, Letters From Antarctica, Even Mice Belong in Heaven, Into The Darkness, The Cleaners, Perfumes, all Tales, Extra Ordinary, My Brother Chases Dinosaurs, Romy’s Salon, Never Gonna Snow Again, Acasa, My Home, Let There Be Light, 22 Angels, And Then We Danced , and Hutsulka Ksenya. Loosely arranged around the themes of “Family” and “Youth”, the films are slated to bring about a more multifaceted perspective of European life and cultures, as well as to shed light on certain struggles its people are faced with and attempting to overcome. Held for the first time in 2000 by the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam under the support of the European Public Outreach Program (EUPOP), the Embassies of EU Member States and the European Cultural Institutes in … [Read more...] about European Film Festival 2022 returns after hiatus due to Covid-19

Multinationals get health PPP fever-illustration photo, source: freepik British science-led healthcare company GSK on May 11 launched its new legal entity in Vietnam, GSK Pharma Vietnam Co., Ltd., establishing $200 million capital into the country (see page 22). Luis Arosemena, senior vice president of GSK Emerging Markets, said this was an important milestone in the continued development of GSK in Vietnam, one of the top focus markets in the region. According to Oliver Todd, consul general and director for trade and investment at the British Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is witnessing strong investment in healthcare and pharmaceuticals. “This investment and a focus on its impact is the reason why Vietnam has successfully developed its health system, improving the quality of treatment, expanding immunisation coverage and helping as many people as possible access basic medical care.” GSK is one of several multinational pharmaceutical companies with high investment … [Read more...] about Multinationals get health PPP fever