Vietnam’s success in fighting COVID-19, maintaining growth a miracle: Japanese expert
Vietnam has made an impression on the international community as a safe country with great economic potential, and its success in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining economic growth has been miraculous, a Japanese expert has said.
Director of Japan’s Vietnam Economic Research Institute (VERI) Hiroyuki Moribe (Photol: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam has made an impression on the international community as a safecountry with great economic potential, and its success in controlling the COVID-19pandemic and maintaining economic growth has been miraculous, a Japanese experthas said.
Director of Japan’s Vietnam Economic Research Institute (VERI) Hiroyuki Moribe made the comments in a recentinterview with a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Japan, during whichhe said that one of the most important factors contributing to Vietnam’s economicachievements is that the country did particularly well in controlling the pandemic.
Though COVID-19 broke out again in HCM City, Vietnam has kept it under control,he noted, stressing that this is a very important factor in the context of the USand countries in Europe and South America recording an increasing number of infections.
Drastic measures to respond to the outbreak, such as border closures, and Vietnamese people’s strict compliance with preventive measures contributed tothe country’s success in keeping the pandemic under control and maintaining economicdevelopment.
Vietnam is one of only a few countries to have sustained positive growth in 2020,he said, adding that Japan must learn from Vietnam measures to contain the spreadof the disease and promote economic activities.
Once the epidemicis under control and the vaccines are widely introduced, travel between countrieswill be easier and the number of foreigners coming to Vietnam will rise, contributingto boosting international trade as well as the country’s economic growth, he wenton.
By making good use of innovation, Vietnam’s economy can grow stronger in the timeto come, he said./.
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Director of Japan’s Vietnam Economic Research Institute (VERI) Hiroyuki Moribe (Photol: VNA) 
