Vietnam successfully produces first batch of Russian Covid-19 vaccine
The vaccine went through quality control by Gamaleya Center, the Russian research institute that develops the Sputnik V vaccine.
The vaccine went through quality control by Gamaleya Center, the Russian research institute that develops the Sputnik V vaccine.
Vietnam is racing against time to vaccinate people in order to soon reopen the economy in affected areas.
“Vaccination is just half the challenge amid the current surge of the Delta variant.”
Local firms are taking advantage of opportunities from the deal at a time when trading activities are struggling with Covid-19 impacts.
According to the credit rating firm Centrix data, about 45% of rental and property services have failed to pay their debts this year.
A group of 16 commercial banks, accounting for 75% of total outstanding loans, has committed to foregoing around VND20.6 trillion ($906.3 million) in waiving and lowering interest rates for customers in the remainder of the year.
To date, 291 industrial parks across the country have resumed operation with an average occupancy rate of 71%.
Vietnam has got 45 million doses from donations and purchases, of which nearly 12 million doses came from the COVAX.
Sinopharm vaccine accounts for nearly half of vaccines available in Vietnam thus far.
Vietnam approves Cuba’s homegrown vaccine ahead of the four-day visit to Havana starting September 18 paid by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Beneficiaries will be fed and taught at FPT City Danang, one of the dozens of the corporations’ premises across Vietnam.
Vietnam and Russia agreed to strengthen cooperation in the post-pandemic period, facilitate trade, investment, and major projects in priority fields.
About 500 foreigners were vaccinated at a vaccination center set up in the My Dinh National Stadium, Nam Tu Liem District, on September 15.
Local experts said it’s necessary to change anti-pandemic measures to get prepared for living safely with the pandemic.
Restaurants in Hanoi are allowed to resume operations with precautionary measures in place.
Vietnam’s GDP growth may reach 3.5-4% this year in case the pandemic is contained in September.
The QR-code scanning cameras system is expected to detect Covid-19 patients and people having direct contact with them, as well as those who have been fully vaccinated.