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Nine months after the U.S. began rolling out vaccines, 73 percent of the population aged above 12 have received at least one shot, and 63 percent have been fully vaccinated. But health officials have not yet begun to vaccinate children under 12, who account for some 15 percent of the population. This is a cause for worry for many parents who fear their children could contract and spread the coronavirus. Kim Tuyen of Houston City, Texas, said: "My first child is eight years old and the second one is just a month old. Both are not old enough to be eligible for Covid-19 vaccines. This makes me really worried." The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12-15 in May. The Moderna vaccine is now awaiting approval for use on children aged 12-17, and the FDA could soon give the green light, Business Insider magazine said. Both Pfizer and Moderna began clinical trials on younger people in March, and the results of their studies have not …

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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with overseas Vietnamese in the US on September 22 (New York time) to listen to their aspirations as well as their ideas on development issues in the home country. President meets representatives of Vietnamese community in US President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with overseas Vietnamese in the US on September 22 (New York time) to listen to their aspirations as well as their ideas on development issues in the home country. Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc said that the Vietnamese community in the US has actively engaged in COVID-19 prevention and control efforts in the home country by providing medical supplies, contributing and raising funds for Vietnam's COVID-19 vaccine fund and calling on the US Government and organisations to donate COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam. Despite impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese representative agencies in the US have considered citizen protection as the top …

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Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam. (Photo courtesy of UNFPA Vietnam) Hanoi (VNA) – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is extremely proud to have been associated with Vietnam’s spectacular achievements in sexual and reproductive health, said Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam. On the occasion of the 44th anniversary of Vietnam joining the United Nations (September 20), Kitahara granted an exclusive interviewed to the Vietnam News Agency on the cooperation between the UN organisation and Vietnamese partners over the past four decades as well as future development prospect. Following is the text of the interview. As the UNFPA Representative for Vietnam, will you share with us your evaluation of Vietnam, your partner, in cooperating and supporting UNFPA to achieve your mission in Vietnam? I started my position as UNFPA Representative for Vietnam in September 2019, when the UNFPA Country Office was in the midst of implementing its 9th …

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Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Việt Nam. VNA/VNS Photo On the occasion of the 44th anniversary of Việt Nam joining the United Nations (September 20), Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Việt Nam, granted an exclusive interviewed to the Vietnam News Agency about cooperation between the UN organisation and Vietnamese partners over the past four decades as well as future development prospect, especially in sexual and reproductive health. As the UNFPA Representative for Việt Nam, will you share with us your evaluation of Việt Nam, your partner, in cooperating and supporting UNFPA to achieve your mission in Việt Nam? I started my position as UNFPA Representative for Việt Nam in September 2019, when the UNFPA Country Office was in the midst of implementing its 9th Country Programme of collaboration with the Vietnamese Government. But my experience with Vietnam can be traced back 20 years earlier, when I was covering the Việt Nam’s desk at the UNFPA Headquarter in New …

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The signing ceremony took place on September 21 in New York, USA, under the witness of Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. During his visit to the US on September 21-24, President Phuc will attend the High-Level Meeting of the 76th United Nations General Assembly and conduct a number of bilateral activities. Promoting international routes The GE agreement is the largest deal in this signing series of Bamboo Airways. According to the agreement, GEnx engines delivered in 2022 will be used for the wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet of Bamboo Airways. This is the main fleet to operate on nonstop routes between Vietnam and the US in the future. The GEnx is a high-thrust jet engine developed for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and B747-8 aircraft, which has the advantage of low fuel consumption and reduced CO2 emissions up to 15 per cent. Representing a giant leap forward in propulsion technology, GEnx uses lightweight durable materials and advanced design processes to reduce …

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What you need to know today in Vietnam: Politics -- Vietnam's State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Pfizer's office in New York on Thursday, according to the Vietnam News Agency. President Phuc was participating in the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 76). Society -- Ho CHi Minh City received over 666,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Ministry of Health on Thursday night to provide the second shots to citizens, the municipal Department of Health said the same night. -- Authorities imposed extensive social distancing measures in Phu Ly, a city of 170,000 residents in northern Ha Nam Province, on Thursday after at least 49 coronavirus infections have been confirmed there in the past few days. Business -- The plan to reopen Phu Quoc Island to international visitors in October is now in doubt after a coronavirus outbreak has beeen recorded there in recent times. -- Vietnam is willing to share experience and …

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Customs clearance time for exports shortens The average duration for customs clearance for exports last year stood at 38.4 hours, a decline by 57.38 hours compared to 2019, according to a survey of an inter-sectoral working group. The cost for such procedures averaged 338 USD, falling 81.72 USD against 2019. Meanwhile, the time for imports was 54.8 hours, a drop of 48.88 hours. Total cost for the procedures hit 313.17 USD, plunging 256.41 USD. Document digitalisation is among important reasons that help businesses save time and costs for customs clearance for cross-border trade. The deployment of the Vietnam Automated System for Seaport Customs Management (VASSCM) also facilitates port-related activities. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, import and export documents in 2020 amounted to 6.75 million and 6.98 million, respectively. Trading across borders indicator set is part of the World Bank’s annual Doing Business rankings since 2001. The set …

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7.3 million people in HCM City to receive COVID relief Over 7.3 million people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will benefit from HCM City’s third relief package. The city’s largest relief package to date was approved on Thursday by the standing committee of the People's Council, and will provide VNĐ1 million (US$45) to each person. There would be no discrimination between permanent and temporary residents and be distributed immediately, the city assured. The beneficiaries will include poor and near-poor households and those receiving social welfare people and facing difficulties due to the pandemic. Workers in difficult circumstances due to job loss and without an income will get paid. Parents, spouses and children living with unemployed workers will be among the others to benefit. People living in poor residential areas and in very difficult circumstances make up the final set of beneficiaries. All of them are required to be physically present to get the relief …

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