Clinical research plays a significant role in developing and applying new methods for diagnosing and treating cancer, which has helped extend the lives of late-stage lung cancer patients from mere months to years, said health experts.

The first shipment of the long-acting antibody drug "Evusheld" is expected to arrive in Thailand on July 25 and will be administered immediately to patients with kidney failure and organ transplants.

The Ministry of Health on September 6 received 1 million N95 medical masks worth approximately 40 billion VND (1.75 million USD) donated by the Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank to help protect frontline medical workers in the fight against COVID-19.

Approximately 10,000 vials of Remdesivir, a broad-spectrum antiviral drug licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration for COVID-19 treatment arrived in Vietnam on August 5 evening.

Vietnam Nutrition Food JSC (NutiFood) and Japanese beverage group Asahi, the owner of baby food brand Wakodo, on January 10 announced the establishment of their joint venture, aiming to bring nutritional products for children that fit Japanese standards into Vietnamese market.

The Hanoi Trade Corporation (Hapro) has inked three contracts to export rice to Malaysia and the US worth nearly 2.5 million USD during an ongoing international rice conference.

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien told the global food safety forum in Ho Chi Minh City on August 28 that Vietnam attaches importance to fine-tuning regulations on goods quality.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has ordered Vietnam’s rice exporters to closely control the quality of rice exported to the US, after some exports were rejected.

The northern province of Thai Nguyen introduced its strengths and potential to US enterprises at a seminar held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in New York on September 16.