A factory producing Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 will be built in Việt Nam within one year and is expected to produce 30-40 million doses annually, Chairman of Russian pharmaceutical company Binnopharm Dmitry Zubov told Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Russia.

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the global largest agriculture innovation network has implemented more than 100 projects in 40 provinces in Việt Nam in the last five years with an investment of US$24 million, benefitting more than 24 million people.

Việt Nam on Saturday saw the highest daily new cases since the pandemic started in the country, with 16,141 new COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19 update on December 11

About 131 million doses have been administered in the country, with first-dose and second-dose coverage in the adult population hitting 96.4 per cent and 76.5 per cent.

In the short term, flights will operate between Việt Nam and Beijing/Guangzhou (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Taipei – Taiwan (China), Bangkok (Thailand), Singapore, Vientiane (Laos), Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and San Francisco/Los Angeles (USA).

This Thursday, Jan Peter Balkenende, chairman of the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition (https://www.dsgc.nl/en) and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, congratulated Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính with his strong commitment at the COP26 Summit in Glasgow to make Việt Nam climate neutral by 2050

Authorities in Hà Nội recorded 637 new cases. 

HCM City is calling for help from private pharmacies to help in the fight against COVID-19, and requesting more military medical staff amid a rising number of COVID patients.