Day: June 10, 2023

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Vietnam’s sovereignty must be respected: Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson

Sovereignty, sovereign right and jurisdiction over the seas of a state established in line with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as well as the legitimate rights and interests of the littoral countries, including Vietnam, must be respected.

So said Pham Thu Hang, Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, on June 10 while commenting on a June 6 statement by a spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry concerning the operation of the group of Chinese survey ship Xiang Yang Hong 10.

As repeatedly affirmed, Vietnam has full legal ground and historical evidence to affirm its sovereignty over Truong Sa and Hoang Sa, she stressed, adding that the legal status of Truong Sa and its entities has been clearly defined in line with the UNCLOS 1982.

This is a manifestation of the responsible and construction spirit and a practical contribution by countries concerned to peace, stability, cooperaion and the rule of the law in the region, including the East Sea, she concuded./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Côte d’Ivoire’s top legislator to visit Vietnam next week

President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Adama Bictogo will pay an official visit to Vietnam from June 13-16, said a communique released by the Vietnamese National Assembly.

The visit will be made at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, according to the document./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Vietnam aim for one point at World Cup: midfielder

Midfielder Tran Thi Hai Linh has said the goal of the Vietnamese women’s football team at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is to take one point.

The team is in Group E alongside defending champions the US, reigning runners-up the Netherlands, and Portugal.

“The 2023 World Cup is a very big event,” Linh said during a training session in Germany.

“My personal goal is to play well, try my best and show all my abilities, and the team’s goal is to get one point in the group stage.

“My further goal is to be able to contribute more and bring more achievements to the national women’s team. In the future, I want to have the opportunity to play abroad.”

The Vietnamese team is training in Germany and then in Poland for three weeks to prepare for the World Cup.

Vietnam will have its first friendly match against Eintracht Frankfurt on June 10 at Stadion am Sommerdamm.

According to coach Mai Duc Chung, the team is not under heavy pressure at the Cup but will try their best to preserve the image of the SEA Games champion.

The 2023 World Cup is scheduled to take place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20.

Vietnam will kick off their World Cup campaign against the US on July 22 in Auckland. They will then play Portugal on July 27, followed by the Netherlands on August 1./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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National women’s football team climbs one place on global ranking

The Vietnamese women’s national football team has climbed one place to the 32nd in the latest FIFA Women’s World Rankings which was released on June 9.

According to the rankings, the Vietnamese team has gained 1,648.89 points, topping Southeast Asia, standing fifth in Asia and 32nd in the world.

In the region, with the 4th gold medal in a row in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32), Vietnam is 11 steps higher than second-placed Thailand.

The top five Asian teams are Australia, Japan, China, and the Republic of Korea, and Vietnam.

The Vietnamese team is preparing for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in July with a three-week training camp in Germany from June 5 – 24. On June 10, they will have a friendly match with Eintracht Frankfurt club which ranked third in the Bundesliga./

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Vietnam looks to cooperate with US vaccine developer

Vietnam wishes to cooperate with Pfizer Inc., one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, in medicine and vaccine supply, and hopes it will invest in the production of drugs, vaccines and medical biological products in the Southeast Asian nation in the near future, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen has said.

The Vietnamese health official showed the desire at a meeting with representatives of Pfizer Inc. in New York on the occasion of his working trip to the US to attend the International Biology Conference in the US from June 5-8.

Tuyen thanked the US government and people as well as Pfizer for their provision of vaccines and medical supplies for Vietnam in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pfizer has also provided many high-quality specific medicines for Vietnam, contributing to the health care in the country, Tuyen said.

For his part, Timothy Hogan, senior vice president of external relations at Pfizer Inc., affirmed that Vietnam is one of the countries that the firm prioritises cooperation with.

He also offered recommendations for Vietnam to develop biopharmaceutical industry, such as building a leading scientific centre for producing high-quality medicines in the ASEAN region, promoting development and application of digital health, and creating a stable and favourable environment for cooperation to attract investment in the health sector./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Deputy PM orders sufficient supply of vaccines for children by all means

By all means, enough vaccines must be provided to children as soon as possible, asked Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at a working session with leaders of some ministries, sectors and localities on the purchase of vaccines for children within the expanded immunisation programme, held on June 10.

He made the order amid a number of emerging problems in vaccine purchasing activities.

Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said that the ministry was assigned to buy and allocate vaccines to localities within the target programme for the medical-population programme for the 2016-2020 period.

After this programme ended in 2020, the ministry received budget from the central budget for the work to ensure vaccines for 2021 and 2022

She said that the ministry hopes to be allowed to continue the vaccine purchase for the expanded immunisation programme as it is an effective scheme with significant importance in ensuring social welfare for women and children.

She said that recently, the ministry has worked with a number of ministries, sectors and localities on measures in purchasing, bidding and negotiating for prices of a number of kinds of vaccines.

Meanwhile, Vice Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Nguyen Anh Dung pointed to a number of legal obstacles in the work. He said that all vaccines in the expanded immunisation programme are on the list of drugs for national centralised bidding, so there is no mechanism for self-biding in localities.

Dung suggested that central agencies provide a budget to the Ministry of Health for bidding activities and allow it to allocate vaccines.

Agreeing with Dung, Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Tran Thi Nhi Ha said that to date, the capital city has run out of some vaccines in the expanded immunisation programme, but there is no mechanism for the city to buy vaccines by itself.

Vice Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Duong Thi Hong said that so far, nine out of the 11 kinds of vaccines for the expanded immunisation programme have run out.

Addressing the working session, Deputy PM Ha asked the Ministry of Health to focus on settling the problems in buying vaccines for the programme.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked to work with manufacturers, international organisations and countries to seek more supplies of vaccines for the programme.

The Deputy PM requested the Ministry of Health to immediately issue a guidance on disease prevention and diagnostic and treatment protocols for medical facilities when children contract diseases./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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