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Made-in-Vietnam COVID-19 vaccine makes significant progress
A made-in-Vietnam vaccine against COVID-19 is making advanced progress, signalling the imminent completion of the whole project, meaning a possible vaccine may not be far away. Vabiotech has now passed two-months of progress in the first phase of the project, which is also the most important ...
Coronavirus pandemic accelerating with Americas worst, warns WHO
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday’s 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day and nearly half of those in the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. As well as the Americas, a large number of new cases were coming from South ...
Reuters
Vietnam 13th in global Covid-19 recovery ranking
Vietnam has done better than many major economies in recovering from Covid-19, ranking 13th among 184 countries and territories.In Asia, Vietnam ranked fifth after Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia, according to the Global Covid-19 Index updated June 16 by Malaysia-based consulting firm Pemandu Associates ...
Nguyen Quy
With jobs lost to Covid-19, Vietnamese struggle to make ends meet
Hundreds of thousands of people who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic are struggling to pay their bills. Though Vietnam has been among the earliest countries in the world to contain the virus and revive its economy, people are struggling to find jobs ...
Rice exports set to skyrocket, renewable energy in high demand: trade minister
Việt Nam may take a global lead in rice exports for the year 2020, said Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh in a report to the National Assembly on Monday (15/6).Speaking to the NA, the minister said as countries were trying to raise ...
COVID-19 crisis could result in an increase in child labour
Children need to be protected from child labour more than ever due to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, experts said during a virtual interactive panel discussion held in Hanoi last week. The COVID-19 pandemic left negative impacts on national socio-economic development and families’ lives ...
WB approves credit to support VN's response to climate change
The World Bank in Việt Nam announced on Saturday the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors had approved an US$84.4 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support Việt Nam’s multi-sectoral policy reforms to promote climate-resilient landscapes and green transport and energy systems.The programme will also support ...
Hanoi proposes validation of online teaching
Online teaching is the initiative of the country’s education sector, not only for responding to learning in pandemic time.Le Ngoc Quang, deputy director of the municipal Department of Education and Training, stated that with a view to making online training more effective, the Ministry of ...
Anh Kiet - Bao Thang
Two scenarios for Vietnam's economic recovery
Vietnam has to be very cautious when choosing and implementing a plan to reactivate the economy. The government, in a report to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee, projected two economic growth scenarios for this year.With the first scenario, if Vietnam can contain Covid-19 in the ...
Kim Chi
Vietnam moving toward new phase with no active COVID-19 cases
Vietnam will soon enter a phase with no active novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases as over 90 percent of its patients have recovered. No death from the disease has been recorded in the country, while no cases of community transmission have been documented in the past ...
