Hanoi (VNA)🍸 – The US’s Daily Hampshire Gazette hassaid Vietnam took a science-based approach totackling COVID-19 pandemic.
Inan article published on May 11, the author said the pandemic has caused morethan 4.13 million infections and taken over 283,000 lives. Vietnam,which shares border with China, has recorded zero deaths so far. This isnot because of low testing or poor record-keeping. Ratherthan lockdown of the entire population, the anti-epidemic teams studied thepopulation, and quarantined and treated those with symptoms and who testedpositive for SARS-CoV-2. If there was a region with particularly high numbers, itwas quarantined. Thearticle said the multi-tier quarantine system helped the Vietnamese authorities break the chain ofinfection. The Communist Party of Vietnam, very early, offered a motto “fighting the epidemic is like fighting against the enemy.” Additionally,the Vietnamese Ministry of Health posed a music video to explain the concept of physical distancing and handwashing. This video went viral on TikTok, where young people created a dance togo with it. Masks weremandated in public andalcohol-based hand sanitizers are found everywhere. Schools and religious siteswere all immediately closed. The newspaperalso pointed out that the Vietnamese Government directed the public sector to produce necessary equipment,including protective suits and ventilators, as well as hand sanitiser andmedicines. The private sector followed suit, and so did philanthropists who setup “Rice ATMs” to distribute food to those who had lost their incomes. Thegovernment set up food kitchens to feed the poor. The Vietnamese had alreadybegun major preparations to contain the virus, including increasing capacity inmedical institutions and for the production of necessary protective equipment,it said./.
Vietnamese nurses joining together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic will be highlighted in a photo contest launched by the Vietnam Nurses Association on May 12.
International media has continuously praised Vietnam for its successful containment of COVID-19, which can make it a reliable destination for investors seeking to resume production.
A UNDP report has found that some 30 percent of respondents in Vietnam who have disabilities were made unemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic while another 49 percent saw their working hours cut.
No new case of COVID-19 was reported in the country in the past 12 hours, leaving the number of infection at 288 as of 6pm on May 12, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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The article stressed that throughout his revolutionary career, the founder of modern Vietnam consistently regarded the revolutionary press as a vital part of the Vietnamese Party’s and nation’s revolutionary struggle.
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In the today context of socio-economic development and growth, the professionalism of Vietnam’s revolutionary journalists continues to rise, guided by exemplary mastery of new information technologies and the modernisation of their founding principles to preserve the enduring values of revolutionary journalism.
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The new FIFA Hub in Jakarta will not only support football development in Indonesia but also serve as a coordination centre for 21 football associations across Southeast and East Asia.
Minister Counselor Nguyen Hoang Nguyen reaffirmed Vietnam’s principled and consistent stance on the Palestine issue, calling for an immediate and lasting ceasefire across the entire Gaza Strip.
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