Friday, June 25, 2021, 08:36 GMT+7
This collage of photos from a supplied video shows a five-year-old girl wearing oversize protective gear getting on an ambulance to go to hospital for COVID-19 treatment in Ho Chi Minh City, June 23, 2021.
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COVID-19 Updates The World Health Organization (WHO) will send experts to assist Vietnam in vaccine research and production meeting international standards, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the statement during his phone conversation with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday. The Ministry of Health on Friday morning confirmed 91 new cases of COVID-19, including 12 imported cases and 57 local infections in Ho Chi Minh City, raising the national tally to 14,323 patients, with 5,759 recoveries and 72 deaths.
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Bilateral cooperation, particularly the joint fight against COVID-19, was a major highlight of Premier Li Keqiang's telephone conversation with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday morning.
To counter Covid, Vietnam asks companies to vaccinate employees
03 Jun 2021, 15:45 GMT+10
HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam has asked Samsung Electronics, as well as other foreign companies, to assist in purchasing vaccines to combat the coronavirus disease for their workforces, amid a viral spike encumbering the country, according to a government website. The government is encouraging companies to find Covid-19 vaccines for their workers, said Bui Hoang Mai, heading the management board of the industrial park in Bac Ninh, the location of Samsung s smartphone-manufacturing facilities.
The government website highlighted Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh s request to local authorities to obtain vaccination supplies, while offering details of the visit paid by the head of government to a Bac Ninh-based facility of Samsung.