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In a resolution issued Monday on buying Cuba’s Abdala vaccine, produced by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), the government said the doses will be procured by a contractor chosen in line with the Law on Bidding for "special cases." The resolution accepts the usual disclaimers for emergency use vaccines and that any contract dispute will be handled in accordance with Cuban law. In case the two parties in the contract cannot reach an agreement, the settlement shall be based on the Arbitration Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, France. The purchase decision follows the Health Ministry granting emergency use approval for Cuba’s Abdala Covid-19 vaccine Friday. The vaccine employs a traditional approach by using a part of the spike protein, which the virus uses to bind to human cells, to build up the immune reaction. Cuba approved emergency use of the Abdala vaccine on July 9 after manufacturers announced it was more than 92 … [Read more...] about Vietnam to buy 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from Cuba

A resident in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, gets vaccinated against COVID-19. (Source: Xinhua/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Cambodia ’s number of vaccinated people had exceeded 12 million, while Thailand has set a goal of injecting about 50 million people or 70 percent of its population by the end of this year. Cambodia has administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 12.05 million people, or 75.3 percent of the nation’s 16-million population, between February 10 and September 19, said the health ministry's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine. Of them, over 10.3 million, or 64.4 percent, have been fully vaccinated with both required shots, while 830,814, or 5.2 percent, have received a booster dose. As of September 19, some 98.27 percent of 10 million target adults, 88 percent of nearly 2 million target adolescents aged from 12 to under 18, and 25.94 percent of almost 1.9 million target children aged from six to under 12 have taken at least one dose, she said. … [Read more...] about Cambodia inoculates over 12 million people, Thailand speeds up vaccinations

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc holds talks with President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel in Havana on September 19 (Photo: VNA) Havana (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel in Havana on September 19. The two leaders briefed each other on the recent situation in each country, while discussing measures to continue to bolster the fraternal solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, States and peoples, especially in the areas of consumer goods manufacturing, food and aquatic production and renewable energy. They also mentioned regional and international issues of shared concern. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc conveyed best regards from Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and senior leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam to President Miguel Díaz Canel and General Raul Castro and other leaders of Cuba. He congratulated the Party, State … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Cuba seek to bolster all-round ties

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien (left) and Minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Alvaro Lopez Miera ink a plan for defence cooperation for 2020 – 2022. (Photo: VNA) Havana (VNA) - Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien held talks with Minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Alvaro Lopez Miera in Havana on September 20 morning. Deputy Minister Chien is accompanying President Nguyen Xuan Phuc during his official visit to Cuba. At the meeting, Minister Alvaro Lopez Miera highly spoke of President Phuc’s visit to Cuba, saying it reaffirms the solidarity and special brotherhood between the two countries at the time when the world is facing challenges caused by the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both sides welcomed the outcomes of bilateral defence cooperation over recent years which are in line with documents and agreements signed by the two ministries and commitments made by the … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Cuba’s defence leaders hold talks

The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 5,171 cases, Binh Duong with 1,410 cases and Dong Nai with 869 cases. Of the day's tally, 6,154 cases were detected in the community. The new cases pushed up the domestic tally in the current wave to 691,286. The health ministry also confirmed 6,821 discharges the same day, bringing the total tally of recovered cases so far to 464,326. 215 deaths were announced Monday, raising the death toll to 17,305, or 2.5 percent of infections. The average number of new cases in the country for the past seven days has been 10,160 a day while the national death rate over the past week has been 234 a day on average. Over 34.55 million people have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot, in which 6.64 million people have been fully vaccinated. … [Read more...] about Vietnam records 8,668 new Covid-19 cases

From September 15 to 21, Da Nang City will implement a plan to administer AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 to more than 192,200 people. This is the largest vaccination campaign ever in the city which aims to give the first dose of vaccine to 100% of people aged 18 and over in September. The local health sector has arranged many vaccination sites in all districts. The people in this phase include employees of private clinics; the frontline forces in epidemic prevention and control at all levels; employees of press agencies, companies, enterprises, industrial clusters. Also, teachers, lecturers, employees at schools and education institutions; the poor, disadvantaged people; people aged 18 to 65 in areas with high population density will also be vaccinated. Some pictures taken by VietNamNet at the vaccination site at Tien Son Sports Palace of Hai Chau district: Vaccination tables are arranged to keep a minimum distance of 2m. … [Read more...] about Images of Da Nang’s largest-ever vaccination campaign