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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Vice Premier Tran Hong Ha stressed the need to strengthen cooperation on vaccines and biopharmaceuticals to proactively prevent and control diseases, hosting AstraZeneca Vietnam Chairman and CEO Nitin Kapoor in Hanoi today. .

The Subhead thanked AstraZeneca for its valuable and timely support to Vietnam in the fight against COVID-19.

He expressed his impression of AstraZeneca’s ongoing collaborative activities in Vietnam, particularly in the fields of vaccines and biopharmaceuticals, saying that this plays a crucial role in proactively preparing for potential disease outbreaks in the future.

Vietnam supports AstraZeneca’s commitments to reduce emissions and move towards carbon neutrality in all its activities, Hong Ha said, stressing that the experience in preventing and controlling COVID-19 showed that the world can only roll back and end the pandemic if all countries have equal access to vaccines.

Similarly, the goals related to addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions cannot be achieved if there are countries that remain “on the sidelines” of these efforts, he said.

He highlighted the close relationship between human health and the “health” of the environment, stating that restoring and protecting the natural environment is a crucial solution to prevent and reduce the burden of disease-related costs on individuals and society due to to water, air and waste pollution.

The technology is a “vaccine” to tackle climate change, Ha noted, adding that developing countries like Vietnam need a lot of support and access to various solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Companies with strong research and development capabilities like AstraZeneca play a crucial role in achieving climate change goals, such as reducing emissions to net zero and participating in the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) by joining projects to research and transfer green fuel production technologies, and develop smart transmission systems and large-scale energy storage devices, he said.

Mentioning AstraZeneca’s project to plant 22.5 million trees, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to work closely with AstraZeneca to carry out the project effectively.

He expressed his hope that AstraZeneca would participate in projects related to the Net Zero Roadmap and JETP in Vietnam, which serve as experimental and pilot initiatives for global mechanisms.

Vietnamese Vice Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha receives AstraZeneca Vietnam Chairman and CEO Nitin Kapoor. (Source: VNA) For his part, Nitin Kapoor briefed the Deputy Prime Minister on various collaborative programs and projects currently underway in Vietnam to strengthen patient access to medicines, develop a sustainable healthcare system, improve public health and Conduct clinical trials of drugs and biopharmaceuticals.

AstraZeneca is collaborating with Vietnamese agencies and partners to implement a $50 million reforestation and landscape restoration project, which aims to plant 22.5 million trees on 30,500 ha, thereby creating the conditions for development of biodiversity and providing sustainable livelihoods for more than 17,000 households, Kapoor said.

He expressed his hope that the project will serve as a pilot initiative in the National Steering Committee’s action plan to implement Vietnam’s commitments at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), so encourages other organizations and companies to take joint measures to respond to this phenomenon of global impact./.

2023-08-14 09:00:00
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SEOUL (VNA)- Many South Korean newspapers and news websites, such as Newsis and Nnews, highlighted Vietnam’s first export of African swine fever (ASF) vaccines to various countries in the region, stating that this event has caught the attention of the world’s pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

At the end of July, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) approved the export of two vaccines, Navet ASFVAC and AVAC ASF Live, produced by the veterinary medicine company Navetco and AVAC Vietnam. The relevant agencies said up to 650,000 doses of the vaccines have been tested on pigs in 40 cities and provinces, with an efficacy rate of 95 percent.

According to the articles, the ASF vaccine market in China, home to the world’s largest pig herd, is valued at KRW 2.5 trillion ($1.9 billion) every year.

In Vietnam, after the first ASF outbreak in February 2019, in just seven months, the disease spread to all 63 provinces and cities in the country, resulting in the culling of some six million pigs, equivalent to 20 percent percent of that animal’s count.

South Korean veterinary pharmaceutical companies such as Komipharm and Careside are also developing ASF vaccines.

The Navet ASFVAC vaccine has been administered to pigs in the Dominican Republic with positive results. The Dominican side thanked the support of MARD as well as specialized units and Vietnamese companies, and expressed the desire to continue receiving assistance and then purchase the vaccines for use in the country.

Meanwhile, the AVAC ASF Live vaccine, manufactured by AVAC Vietnam, was administered to pigs and carefully evaluated in the Philippines. The authorities of the Southeast Asian nation confirmed that this drug is safe and effective, since all vaccinated animals developed an immune response of antibodies.

Vietnam has become the first country to successfully develop and produce two vaccines against ASF, a dangerous infectious disease that first appeared in Africa in 1921./.

2023-08-08 01:47:00
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The NAVET-ASFVAC African swine fever vaccine (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) Vietnam will export two million doses of the ASF vaccine to the Philippines and Indonesia from now until next October, the Department of Veterinary Medicine (DMV) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported.

According to Nguyen Van Long, head of the DMV, the Philippines previously imported 300,000 doses of it.

In Vietnam, vaccine production companies are coordinating with localities in rolling out immunization for pig herds, he stressed.

At the same time, he stressed that not only livestock households, farms and entities also use ASF vaccine for pigs.

The aforementioned vaccines sent to the markets in the world are expected to achieve good results, which will create opportunities for the commercial expansion of this antiviral substance from the Indochinese nation, he reiterated.

Previously, after using 600,000 doses of vaccine against African swine fever in more than 40 provinces and cities with safe and effective results, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development sent a document to the Popular Committees of localities subordinated to the central government on the use of that antiviral substance on a large scale.

Vietnam currently has two types of ASF vaccines, namely NAVET-ASFVAC and AVAC ASF LIVE, both of which have received circulation certificates./.

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2023-08-02 10:02:00
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The vaccine against African swine fever NAVET-ASFVAC from the company Navetco (Source: VGP)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese companies are ready to boost production of the African swine fever (ASF) vaccine to meet domestic and export demand.

This was stated by Tran Xuan Hanh, deputy general manager of the national company NAVETCO, during an interview with the press, saying that the ASF vaccine produced by Vietnam has shown its effectiveness after a trial period.

He added that his company has prepared all the necessary resources, from labor, raw materials and machinery to start the mass production of this antiviral substance.

The entity sent records to the Philippines so that the competent bodies of that country consider the importation of the Vietnamese vaccine. Thailand also showed interest in the NAVETCO vaccine. Soon a work delegation from Myanmar will visit Vietnam to evaluate the aforementioned product.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam’s ASF vaccine is the first of its kind for the past 100 years. With high determination, NAVETCO and AVAC companies have successfully researched and produced the drug.

Phung Duc Tien, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, reported that Vietnam’s ASF vaccine has achieved good results abroad.

In May and June 2023, NAVETCO sent a work delegation to Dominica to help that country carry out the pilot injection of the NAVET-ASFBAC vaccine. After the good result, Dominica proposed an order for 2,500 doses.

The AVAC company also conducted a trial of its vaccine in the Philippines and the product showed great effectiveness in the 1,000 pigs injected. Therefore, the Philippine Department of Veterinary Medicine proposed the import and use of 300,000 doses of Vietnamese vaccine./.

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2023-07-19 03:57:00
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Vietnam will add four vaccines to the Expanded Program on Immunization (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA)- New types of vaccines will be included in the national expanded immunization schedule in the near future, said Dang Thanh Huyen, deputy director of the National Office of Expanded Immunization (ONIA) at the Ministry of Health.

Thanh Huyen said that according to the roadmap, the rotavirus vaccine will be provided in various locations in 2023 and nationwide in 2024.

Meanwhile, vaccines against pneumococcal disease, cervical cancer and seasonal flu will be introduced starting in 2025, 2026 and 2030, respectively, the official added.

In turn, Le Viet Dung, deputy director of the Vietnam Drug Administration, announced that his entity received registration from various entities to provide vaccines against hand-foot-and-mouth disease.

These vaccines have been classified as prioritized for consideration in granting the circulation permit.

Recently, the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, issued Resolution number 98, in which he allowed the allocation of the 2023 central budget for the Ministry of Health to purchase vaccines for the expanded immunization program in all localities.

The Government assigned the Ministry of Health to guide the localities in the planning and evaluation of the demand for vaccines according to each type, as well as the necessary vaccination structure to ensure the roadmap to increase the volume of vaccines for the aforementioned program.

Dang Thanh Huyen, deputy director of the National Expanded Immunization Office of the Ministry of Health (Source:VNA)

Also, he urged to organize the purchase of vaccines at the service of the expanded immunization program in accordance with the regulations and in a thrifty, efficient, timely and safe manner.

Launched in 1981, ONIA provides immunization against 12 vaccine-preventable diseases of tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, Hib, measles, rubella, Japanese encephalitis, cholera (in high-risk areas), and typhoid (in high-risk areas).

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in Vietnam it is estimated that ONIA saved 42,000 people, and helped more than 6.7 million children to prevent childhood diseases such as polio, tetanus, diphtheria, measles and cough. whooping./.

2023-07-12 03:56:00
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