one dose of covid vaccine cuts household spread by up to 50 uk study

One dose of Covid vaccine cuts household spread by up to 50%: UK study

One dose of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines reduces the chances of someone infected with coronavirus from spreading it to other household members by up to 50 percent, according to a English study published Wednesday. 
deal signed to promote farm produce sale via digital platforms

Deal signed to promote farm produce sale via digital platforms

The implementation of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement will be a boon to bilateral trade and investment between Vietnam and the United Kingdom moving forward. Kenneth Atkinson, executive chairman of Grant Thornton Vietnam, provides his insights into the wide-ranging deal.
longer term benefits ahead for uk trade

Longer-term benefits ahead for UK trade

Vietnam is expected to reap a range of benefits in expanding ties with the UK on the back of the bilateral trade deal agreement taking effect on May 1. Nguyen Canh Cuong, trade counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy to the United Kingdom, talked with VIR’s Thanh Tung about the bonanzas that lay ahead.
timo appoints nirukt sapru to global advisory board

Timo appoints Nirukt Sapru to Global Advisory Board

Timo, the first digital banking platform in Vietnam, today officially announced that Nirukt Sapru has been appointed to its Global Advisory Board effective from April 1, 2021.    
vietnam exports 48 billion into eu after the effect of evfta

Vietnam exports $4.8 billion into EU after the effect of EVFTA

After the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) came into effect last August, Vietnam's export value to the EU has increased 18 per cent on-year in the first three months this year. The total export turnover to the EU was estimated at nearly $4.8 billion over the last eight months.
healthcare focus for brit investors through uvfta

Healthcare focus for Brit investors through UVFTA

The official entry of the bilateral UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement in May will open up more opportunities for innovative British healthcare investors to further penetrate the Vietnamese market.
nigerian drug transporter sentenced to death

Nigerian drug transporter sentenced to death

The People’s Court of the southwestern province of Tay Ninh on April 13 sentenced Unachukwu Chiluba Paulinus, a Nigerian man born in 1996, to death for illegally transporting narcotic substances under Clause 4, Article 250 of the 2015 Penal Code.
uk businesses not sold on vaccine passport idea

UK businesses not sold on vaccine passport idea

Britain's retail and hospitality sectors have hit out the possibility of vaccine passports after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government is seeking "all possibilities" to keep Covid-hit sectors open.
asean uk open ended troika virtual meeting held

ASEAN-UK open-ended troika virtual meeting held

Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung attended the opened-ended troika virtual meeting between ASEAN foreign ministers and UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and First Secretary of State Dominic Raab on April 8.
uk starts moderna jabs as astrazeneca probed

UK starts Moderna jabs as AstraZeneca probed

Britain on Wednesday began rolling out its third coronavirus vaccine, from US company Moderna, as questions mounted over jabs from the country's main supplier, AstraZeneca.
building climate change adaptation and resilience for cities of vietnam

Building climate change adaptation and resilience for cities of Vietnam

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam and the British Embassy in Hanoi have organised the workshop titled “Climate adaptation in the context of urban setting”.
bamboo airways secures slots for non stop flights to london at start of may

Bamboo Airways secures slots for non-stop flights to London at start of May

Early this week, a number of prestigious international aviation magazines reported that Vietnam’s new carrier Bamboo Airways was allocated slots at Heathrow Airport in the UK by the Airports Council of the United Kingdom to utilise from the start of May.
tsunoda half satisfied with f1 debut overjoyed at passing hero alonso

Tsunoda half-satisfied with F1 debut, overjoyed at passing hero Alonso

Brilliant rookie Yuki Tsunoda said he felt only half satisfied with himself on Sunday after he finished ninth in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
uk unemployment dips to 50 official data

UK unemployment dips to 5.0%: official data

Britain's unemployment rate dipped to 5.0 percent in the three months to the end of January, remaining close to five-year highs on the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Tuesday,
lukaku in belgium squad despite inter covid 19 issues

Lukaku in Belgium squad despite Inter Covid-19 issues

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez included Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku in the squad for World Cup qualifiers later this month on Friday despite a coronavirus outbreak at the striker's club.