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Vietnamese Ambassador Ha Kim Ngoc addresses the virtual ceremony (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The mutual support between Vietnam and the US in COVID-19 response was highlighted at a recent online ceremony held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the US to mark the homeland’s 76th National Day (September 2). Vietnamese Ambassador Ha Kim Ngoc thanked international friends and partners, especially the US Government and people, for supporting Vietnam in COVID-19 response. He emphasised Vietnam’s diplomatic efforts amid the pandemic and affirmed that high-level mutual visits and meetings which have taken place and will be organised have been helping to intensify the Vietnam - US comprehensive partnership and contributing to peace, cooperation, and development in the Asia-Pacific region. Taking part in the celebration, Kurt Campbell, Deputy Assistant to the US President and Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council, highly valued the two …

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Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front  Committee of Hanoi Nguyen Sy Truong presents gifts to the medical centre of Cau Giay district (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the sub-committee for mobilising social assistance under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on September 16 launched a programme calling for more support from people nationwide for the COVID-19 fight. Do Van Chien, Chairman of the VFF Central Committee and head of the sub-committee, read a letter to launch the campaign. The letter of appeal stated that at present, the pandemic still remains complicated, with social distancing order being applied in some places to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. There is a great number of people facing difficulties due to being in areas under lockdown and those losing their jobs and needing support, it added. Meanwhile, the State's resources are …

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The HCM City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs presents aid donated by a humanitarian fund of Vietnamese women in Europe to the Cho Ray Hospital on September 15 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The battle against COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City has received more support from the Lao people, overseas Vietnamese, along with agencies, businesses, and religious followers from nationwide. On September 15, the administration of the Lao province of Xiengkhouang handed over aid to HCM City via Vietnam’s State-owned Company of Economic Cooperation (COECCO). The aid is worth nearly 200 million LAK (21,000 USD) in total donated by Xiengkhouang agencies, organisations and people, as well as the Vietnamese community in the province. It consists of 93 million LAK in cash and over 20 tonnes of food. The assistance will be delivered to HCM City by the COECCO, which is operating in Laos, in the next few days. The HCM City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs also …

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Some steel mills have converted a part of their production lines into ‘oxygen ATMs’ . In April, Manoj Gupta from India became a hero when opening his steel mill and provide oxygen to people for 1 rupee per oxygen tank. General Director of Tan Thuan Steel Mill Nguyen Khac Son remembered the news about the conversion of a steel workshop in India into an oxygen filling station. He thought that if the pandemic got worse, medical oxygen would be useful. By the time the Ministry of Health sent a dispatch to local healthcare departments asking to prepare oxygen sources, Tan Thuan Steel Mill was ready to provide oxygen for free. It took the enterprise half a month to try equipment, adjust the oxygen concentration to create medical oxygen, and have medical oxygen samples tested before officially providing it to patients. On August 29, the enterprise’s warehouse and yard covering thousands of square meters officially became an oxygen ATM. Every day, the oxygen ATM station in …

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Vietnam and Russia agreed to strengthen cooperation in the post-pandemic period, facilitate trade, investment, and major projects in priority fields. Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted bilateral cooperation in the Covid-19 response and expressed his commitment to continue supporting Vietnam in this regard. State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the phone talk. Source: VNA Such was the outcome of a phone talk between Vietnam’s State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin today [September 16]. For his part, State President Phuc said Vietnam gives priority to the long-standing friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, expecting closer linkage in all spheres for mutual benefits. Phuc expressed his thanks for Russian support to Vietnam during the pandemic, especially in vaccines and medical equipment, while calling for speeding up technology transfer in vaccine production for Vietnam. At the phone …

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A shipment of 852,480 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the German government arrived in Hanoi on Thursday, amid Vietnam’s acceleration of immunization to drive back the pandemic. This is a contribution from Germany toward the Vietnamese vaccination campaign, the German Embassy in Hanoi said in a press release the same day. The donation is part of the 2.5 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses Germany has previously promised to donate to Vietnam. The vaccine jabs were delivered to Vietnam through COVAX Facility, in close cooperation with UNICEF and WHO Vietnam and the Vietnamese government. “I am very happy about this delivery of German vaccines via COVAX," said Dr. Guido Hildner, German Ambassador to Vietnam. "Germany stands with Vietnam in fighting and overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic." The diplomat said Germany and the European Union support the COVAX scheme for fair and transparent access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. “We can only defeat the pandemic if it …

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Ensuring safe power supply Lockdown was extended throughout the southern region in accordance with Prime Ministerial Instruction 16 to help combat the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the country. Ensuring continual, safe electricity supply in this context is very important not only to maintain production and people’s daily lives but also to help pandemic control and healthcare. EVNHCMC supplies electricity to Field Hospital 14 EVN Deputy General Director Vo Quang Lam said the corporation has been monitoring the pandemic’s development and directing its member units to ensure continuous, safe electricity supply. Specifically, it has urged units to accelerate the application of information technology and digital transformation to provide online services and utility bill payments. The EVN leadership proposed that the Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC), the Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation (EVNHCMC), and the Southern Power Corporation (EVNSPC) continue assisting the …

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The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony in the morning of September 13 to present 10 ambulances to hospitals in the city and the Mekong province of Ben Tre, to help with the transportation and treatment of patients. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony in the morning of September 13 to present 10 ambulances, worth more than 10 billion VND, to hospitals in the city and the Mekong province of Ben Tre, to help with the transportation and treatment of patients. The ambulances were donated by the Tuong Nguyen Pagoda Charity Association and philanthropists. At the ceremony, Venerable Thich Thien Quy, Deputy Head and Chief Secretary of the Executive Council of the HCM City Buddhist Sangha, announced the instruction of Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, Deputy Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and Chairman of the Executive Council of the HCM City Buddhist Sanga in encouraging Buddhist sanghas at all levels, monks, …

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An oxygen refilling station at VICASA Steel JSC in Đồng Nai Province. Companies under the Việt Nam Steel Corporation have been supplying free oxygen to help treat COVID-19 patients. – VNA Photo Đức Dũng HCM CITY – Several steel companies owned by the Việt Nam Steel Corporation have been supplying oxygen and oxygen cylinders for free to medical facilities to meet the rising demand for treating COVID-19 patients. Three companies in the south have been instructed by the corporation to work with the local Department of Health to supply oxygen, cylinders and other equipment to help fight the pandemic. One of them, VICASA Steel JSC in Đồng Nai Province, has been refilling oxygen for free at the Thủ Đức Field Hospital in HCM City and Đồng Nai Department of Health, and it is likely to rise to 100 cylinders of 40 litres per day. It has also lent 175 cylinders to various hospitals. The Southern Steel Company Limited in Thủ Đức Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province has lent nearly 200 …

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Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính held talks with Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz late Thursday from Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính held talks on the phone with Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz late Thursday, during which he affirmed that Việt Nam hopes to further deepen the close and trustful ties with Austria in all fields. The Austrian Chancellor said that Việt Nam is a trustworthy and important partner of Austria in Southeast Asia, and underlined the great potential for the development of the Việt Nam-Austria partnership. Both sides agreed to resume the exchange of delegations and high-level meetings soon, while reinforcing cooperation mechanisms, including the Việt Nam-Austria Joint Committee on economic and investment cooperation, heading to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties in 2022. Regarding collaboration in economy, trade and investment, PM Chính proposed that the Austrian Government …

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