Việt Nam to license Remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment

Việt Nam will soon license Remdesivir as a COVID-19 treatment.

ASEAN, Canada to launch negotiations for FTA, enhance trade cooperation ASEAN and Canada say they will launch negotiations for a free trade agreement in 2021 and pledged to enhance economic, trade and investment partnerships as well as stabilise supply chain linkages.

Isolated villages in the central region avoid the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic Isolated living environments, well-structured communities and food self-sufficiency have turned villages and islands in central Việt Nam into safe havens against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Driver covers thousands of kilometres returning post-treatment patients to their homes

Lê Thị Nhung, 29, drove a car for 32 hours covering a distance of 1,200km to take poor patients back to their homes.

EAS FM Meeting stresses stepping up global, regional cooperation in COVID-19 response

Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn attended the 11th East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting via a videoconference on August 4, as part of the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings.

Việt Nam reports 3,943 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday morning

India urged to continue support for ASEAN in vaccine supply, innovation

Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn urged India to continue its prompt and stable vaccine supply for ASEAN member states at the ASEAN – India foreign ministers’ meeting held on Wednesday  as part of the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-54) and related meetings.

256 more deaths, 7,623 new COVID-19 infections reported

A total of 7,623 new COVID-19 infections were reported in Việt Nam on Wednesday, increasing the caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 177,813, the Ministry of Health says.

Việt Nam reports 3,352 new cases on Wednesday evening

ASEAN, Australian foreign ministers meet with pandemic and South China Sea in mind

The ASEAN-Australia Post Ministerial Conference was held on Tuesday, with the attendance of Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne along with her counterparts from all 10 Southeast Asian countries, with COVID-19 cooperation and regional issues topping the agenda.