Vietnam jumps up COVID-19 recovery index: Nikkei Asia
Vietnam and the Philippines showed their best performances in the COVID-19 Recovery Index for May announced by Nikkei Asia on June 3 as both managed to ease restrictions while keeping infections low.
Vietnam jumps up COVID-19 recovery index in May. - Illustrative image (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam and the Philippines showed their best performances in the COVID-19 Recovery Index for May announced by Nikkei Asia on June 3 as both managed to ease restrictions while keeping infections low.
The index assesses achievements of countries and regions in responding to and managing infections, vaccine rollouts and social mobility.
The higher the ranking, the closer a place is to recovery, characterised by lower infection and death rates, better inoculation coverage, as well as fewer movement restrictions.
COVID-19 vaccination (Photo: VNA)
Based on data newly updated by Nikkei, Vietnam jumped 48 places to 14th.
With more than 80 percent of the population fully vaccinated and 60 percent got booster doses, Vietnam received a score of 27 out of a possible 30 for inoculations, Nikkaei said.
It also said Vietnam is also the first country in Southeast Asia to exempt foreign travelers from all testing, vaccination and quarantine requirements.
Similarly, the Philippines climbed to the 33rd place in the ranking thanks to a significant decline of infections./.
Vietnam jumped 28 places to the 90th in the January edition of Nikkei’s COVID-19 Recovery Index, thanks to a world-leading vaccination rate and signs of its tourism industry reopening.
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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 forum featured two in-depth discussion sessions, engaging representatives from governments, think tanks, and businesses from both ASEAN and China, on how to forge closer ties for a common future.
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.
Vietnam jumps up COVID-19 recovery index in May. - Illustrative image (Photo: baoquocte.vn) 
COVID-19 vaccination (Photo: VNA) 
