In Ha Loi village, Me Linh district, Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Berlin (VNA) - A German financial advisor inVietnam, Manuel Wendle, has said that widespread public consensus has been keyto Vietnam’s successful containment of COVID-19.
In a recent interview with German newspaper Oberbadische,Wendle said Western countries initially hesitated to laud Vietnam’s success infighting the pandemic but experts such as Country Director of the US Centre forDisease Prevention and Control in Thailand John MacArthur have now verified thecountry’s achievements.
Having read many articles in renowned Europeannewspapers about Vietnam’s successful fight against COVID-19, Wendle shared thesame view as MacArthur, adding that it is not surprising.
Vietnam reached public consensus on epidemicprevention and control measures, he said, which have been undertaken from thegrassroots to the central level.
Though such measures could not be simply adopted inother countries, Vietnam proved that if political decisions are widely welcomedby the public then epidemic prevention and control measures will be successful.
He noted that as Vietnam was hit hard by SARS in 2003,the fight against COVID-19 was launched almost immediately.
Commenting on the epidemic’s impacts on society, theGerman expert said they will be short-lived because social distancingmeasures have been applied for only a short time - three weeks, and most economists have forecast that Vietnam’s economy will continuegrowing this year.
Trained in banking services in Switzerland, Wendleco-founded the Culture Bridge consulting firm in Vietnam to match projectsbetween Vietnam and other countries./.
In a recent interview with German newspaper Oberbadische,Wendle said Western countries initially hesitated to laud Vietnam’s success infighting the pandemic but experts such as Country Director of the US Centre forDisease Prevention and Control in Thailand John MacArthur have now verified thecountry’s achievements.
Having read many articles in renowned Europeannewspapers about Vietnam’s successful fight against COVID-19, Wendle shared thesame view as MacArthur, adding that it is not surprising.
Vietnam reached public consensus on epidemicprevention and control measures, he said, which have been undertaken from thegrassroots to the central level.
Though such measures could not be simply adopted inother countries, Vietnam proved that if political decisions are widely welcomedby the public then epidemic prevention and control measures will be successful.
He noted that as Vietnam was hit hard by SARS in 2003,the fight against COVID-19 was launched almost immediately.
Commenting on the epidemic’s impacts on society, theGerman expert said they will be short-lived because social distancingmeasures have been applied for only a short time - three weeks, and most economists have forecast that Vietnam’s economy will continuegrowing this year.
Trained in banking services in Switzerland, Wendleco-founded the Culture Bridge consulting firm in Vietnam to match projectsbetween Vietnam and other countries./.
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