Twenty volunteers receive second shots of Nanocovax vaccine

Wednesday, 20/01/2021 16:57
Twenty volunteers received the second shots of Nanocovax - a Vietnam-developed COVID-19 vaccine at the Military Medical University on January 20.

Twenty volunteers receive second shots of Nanocovax vaccine (moh.gov.vn)

Among them, three people, who had been injected a dose on December 26, 2020, were given a dose of 50mcg and the remainders got a dose of 25 mcg. All of the volunteers are now in stable conditions.

Vietnam has so far gone through more than half of the first stage of clinical vaccine trials.

Associate Prof. Ho Anh Son, Deputy Director of the Military Medical University’s Institute of Biomedicine and Pharmacy,said the test results 7,14 and 28 days after the injection showed that the vaccine is capable of producing immunity and ensuring safety, reported VNA.

Out of over 500 applicants for the vaccine trial, more than 200 underwent health check-ups, of whom 51 people are eligible for the first stage.

The second stage, starting from February, is expected to conduct trials on 400-600 people aged between 12-17.

The Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology will also join in the vaccine research.

The third stage, scheduled for August, will see trials on 10,000 - 30,000.

If successful, Vietnam will begin mass production of the COVID-19 vaccine in early 2022.

Vietnamese in Australia looks forward to 13th National Party Congress

The Vietnamese community in Australia expects the upcoming 13th National Party Congress to judiciously select competent leaders to lead the country over the course of the next five years, Tran Ba Phuc, President of the Vietnam Business Association in Australia, has said.

Photo for illustratin (Source: tuoitre.vn)

In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporter in Sydney, Phuc, who is also a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, said that Vietnamese people living overseas have made substantial contributions to the country’s socio-economic development and culture.

He expressed his hope that the Party and State will issue policies enabling representatives of Vietnamese communities abroad to participate in powerful State agencies and have their voices heard.

Phuc proposed that the Party and State create the most favourable conditions possible for Vietnamese overseas who wish to keep their Vietnamese nationality or be re-naturalised in Vietnam.

He also expected that the Party and State will direct the implementation of a resolution recognising the role of the private sector, to be able to assess and support the sector and make it an important driver in the country’s economic development.

Vietnam has recorded important achievements and breakthroughs in the five years of implementing the resolution of the 12th National Party Congress, improving the country’s prestige, role, and position in the international arena, he said.

A Vietnamese passport has never been as valuable and meaningful to Vietnamese people living abroad as it is now, Phuc stressed./.

Vietnam – China trade turnover rises 13.8%

Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and China continues to remain stable in 2020, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Photo for illustration (Source: VNA)

Figures from the General Department of Customs of Vietnam showed that the two-way trade turnover reached more than 133 billion USD in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%. Of this, Vietnam’s export to China was estimated at 49 billion USD, up 17.9%, and imports from the market reached 84.1 billion USD, up 11.5% compared to the same period last year.

Trade deficit from the Chinese market was valued at more than 35 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 3.74%. With this, China continues to be the biggest commodity supplier and the second biggest export market of Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia-Africa Market Department quoted statistics of China Customs showing that Vietnam became the eighth biggest commodity supply market and the fifth biggest export market of China./.

 

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