Increasing attention has been given to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Vietnam’s agriculture sector, particularly rice production, in a bid to protect the environment given complex climate change developments.
According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam is moving to normalise the COVID-19 pandemic, and consider it an “endemic disease”. It will be necessary to keep a close watch on the pandemic’s developments, as well as stay ahead of new variants.
The Indonesian government is planning to vaccinate children aged 6 to 11 years old, while Cambodia has seen its daily cases dropping to minimal levels over the past 41 days.
More than 53 percent of patients died from COVID-19 in Malaysia had not been vaccinated, while Singapore said it is fearing 2,000 deaths a year as a result of the pandemic.
The Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) has said its members sold 367,037 motorbikes in the third quarter of 2021, a year-on-year drop of 45.84 percent.
The number of COVID-19 infections detected in the community in Laos remains high, while Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh has tightened pandemic prevention measures.
The Lao Ministry of Health on October 3 announced that the country had recorded 301 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including 296 domestic infections, bringing the national count to 25,217.
The 22nd edition of the Vietnam Film Festival will be basically organised as an online event from January 18-20 next year to ensure safety regulations amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Cinematography Department Vi Kien Thanh.
Vietnamese relevant agencies always keep a close watch on developments in the East Sea, and Vietnam has full historical evidence and legal foundations to affirm its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in accordance with international law, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has affirmed.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are taking every effort to speed up testing and vaccinations against COVID-19 as the two largest cities of Vietnam continue experiencing complex developments of the pandemic.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a dispatch to several ministers, ordering a revision of laws to address difficulties in investment and business amidst complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deputy head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Ambassador Pham Hai Anh hailed the recent developments in Somalia during the UN Security Council’s meeting on the Somali situation and activities of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) on August 12.
Thailand has posted a record number of daily COVID-19 deaths exceeding 200, while the volume of new domestic COVID-19 infections has been on the rise in Laos and Cambodia.