Hong kong economics

Hanoi (VNA) – Reuters news agency on January 26 ran an article highlighting the opening of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in Hanoi and the Political Report by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. The leader delivered the Political Report of the 12th Party Central Committee, in which he hailed booming economic development and containment of the COVID-19 pandemic as major achievements, according to the article. “Our country has been developing rapidly and sustainably, consolidating people’s confidence in the Party, the state and the socialist regime,” the leader is quoted as saying. “Corruption has been gradually contained and prevented.” The news agency added that Vietnam has seen its economy outstrip much of Asia in the past year, keeping the COVID-19 pandemic at bay thanks to stringent quarantine measures, testing and tracing. “In the context of rapid and complicated global evolution, we have been … [Read more...] about Opening of 13th National Party Congress a magnet to int’l media

The U.S. national tested negative for the novel coronavirus on January 10 before having his sample taken again for a retest on January 23, the result of which returned positive at the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control on January 24. … [Read more...] about US expert confirmed among imported COVID-19 cases in Vietnam

As of 6 pm on January 26, a total of 1,430 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases. At present, nearly 22,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home. … [Read more...] about American man among two new imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam