The workshop also provided insights into the current state and future direction of digital healthcare transformation in Vietnam. It highlighted best practices of Ho Chi Minh City health authorities on leveraging digital solutions to maintain delivery of Non-communicable disease (NCD) care during the COVID-19 outbreak. … [Read more...] about Great potential seen for Vietnam-UK cooperation in digitalized healthcare
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Human trials of second homegrown COVID-19 vaccine begin
If the first phase shows positive results and meets safety standards, the second phase will be carried out with a larger sample scale. The first phase is expected to finish in April. The second phase is scheduled to be conducted in Vũ Thư District, Thái Bình Province in July this year. … [Read more...] about Human trials of second homegrown COVID-19 vaccine begin
Czech newspaper: Vietnam – bright spot in COVID-19 combat, economic growth
The author cited the World Health Organization (WHO) as saying that Vietnam is one of the few countries that can contain the epidemic well. Thanks to those successes, Vietnam has provided timely assistance such as face masks and medical supplies for many countries. Vietnam is also one of the economies with the highest growth over the past five years, with an annual average growth rate of 6.8 percent during 2016-2019 and nearly 3.0 percent in 2020 when the majority of countries worldwide experienced minus growth. The article lauded Vietnam’s efforts in international economic integration to attract resources for national development, as marked by the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreement, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. With its policy of multilateralising and diversifying international relations, Vietnam has enhanced external affairs, both … [Read more...] about Czech newspaper: Vietnam – bright spot in COVID-19 combat, economic growth
Flood-affected people receive support from donors
QUẢNG NAM — More than 1,500 poor people, of which 1,000 were children, in flood-affected Nam Trà My district of Quảng Nam Province received free examinations and medicine in a joint-health care charity programme by the Đà Nẵng-Hoàn Mỹ Hospital and VinaCapital Foundation. … [Read more...] about Flood-affected people receive support from donors
ASEAN foreign ministers discuss priorities for this year
In external affairs, they held that ASEAN would continue deepening ties with partners, as well as further improve its central role, particularly in building an open, transparent, inclusive regional architecture based on rules, frameworks and process found and led by itself, including the ASEAN+1, ASEAN+3, the ASEAN Regional Forum and the ASEAN Defence Minister’s Meeting Plus. … [Read more...] about ASEAN foreign ministers discuss priorities for this year
