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"Vietnam Healthy Lung" programme to be expanded for three years
Vietnamese patients with respiratory problems, especially lung cancer, will benefit from the second phase of the “Vietnam Healthy Lung” programme in 2021-23 that was signed between the health ministry’s Medical Services Administration (MSA) and AstraZeneca on November 16.In the next three years, the programme will ...
Vietnam starts COVID-19 vaccine trials on monkeys
The State-owned Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No. 1 (VABIOTECH) has started trials of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine on rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) on Reu Island off the northern province of Quang Ninh.Trials on monkeys are only one part of the whole process and ...
Seminar discusses measures to promote sustainable development of water security in Vietnam
A seminar, themed “Water security for the sustainable development of Vietnam”, was held in Hanoi on October 29, featuring the participation of over 200 delegates. The event was held by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) in collaboration with the Non-government organisation ...
MIC introduces Vietnamese virtual assistant platform
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on September 25 introduced a Vietnamese virtual assistant platform as developed by the Army Telecommunication Industry Corporation (Viettel). Named the Viettel Cyberbot, the platform aims to help businesses automate customer care processes on the basis of Vietnamese language ...
Vietnam’s gender equality work drives initial positive changes: Deputy Minister
Vietnam’s gender equality work has created initial positive changes in the awareness and behaviour of all-level leaders, officials, public servants and the people as a whole, contributing to enhancing the role and status of women in the family as well as in society, Deputy Minister ...
Roadmap recommended for offshore wind power development
Vietnam is capable of generating 10 GW of electricity by offshore wind farms by 2030, suggested studies carried out by the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the World Bank (WB).The suggestion was presented at a workshop on recommended roadmap and policy for Vietnam to tap ...
Global Young Vietnamese Intellectual Forum launched
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee has begun receiving applications for admission to the third Global Young Vietnamese Intellectual Forum 2020.This year’s forum, with the theme “Vietnam 2045” is scheduled to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from November 26 to ...
Banks to complete linking with public service portal by mid-September
Vietnam will complete the linkage of 46 commercial banks currently operating in the country with the national public service portal by September 15, according to the Government Office.To date the payment services of 38 banks have been integrated into the portal whose online payment system ...
For a non-plastic waste marine environment
Marine pollution in Vietnam due to plastic waste continues to increase, having significantly affected the ecosystem, organisms and people’s health over recent years.Waste from land and marine-based sources; the capacity to manage it, collection and treatment of waste; public awareness about protecting the marine environment ...
International law governing cyberspace globally urgently needed to ensure human rights
A virtual executive seminar themed “International law governing cyberspace” was co-held by the Department of Foreign Relations under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in coordination with the Dutch Embassy and the EU delegation to Vietnam in Hanoi on August 27.The event was aimed at ...
