Prevention

A doctor gives eye-check to a patient on Quang Nam Province.— VNS Photo Novartis has announced a partnership with an international development organisation, The Fred Hollows Foundation, to implement a year-long eye health programme to prevent blindness in Viet Nam. ‘Hope In Sight’ aims to improve access to eye health services by conducting community screening and comprehensive eye health programmes in Da Nang and the provinces of Quang Nam and Tien Giang. It seeks to educate 1.3 million people about eye diseases and screen 36,000. It will refer 700 patients diagnosed with an eye condition for follow-up treatment, with priority given to the most vulnerable and marginalised like ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and low-income people and their children. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 2.5 billion people in the world are struggling with some form of vision impairment. In Southeast Asia, retinal diseases are the second most common cause of …

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Authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) delta are speeding up works to prevent the damage caused by erosion along rivers, canals and coasts, especially in the ongoing rainy season. An embankment prevents erosion along the coast in Kien Giang Province’s Rach Gia City. — VNA/VNS Photo Le Huy Hai In the first half of this year, the delta suffered 106 cases of river and coastal erosion that affected a total length of 4.12km, affecting agriculture and people’s lives, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Many of them occurred in Can Tho City and the provinces of Ca Mau, An Giang, Soc Trang, Vinh Long, Ben Tre, and Tien Giang since June. The building of houses and construction works near river banks and coasts and the over mining of sand from rivers are major reasons for the erosion, according to local authorities. On Tuesday (September 7) two sections of the Cai San Canal in My Thanh Ward in An Giang Province’s Long Xuyen City were eroded, …

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More than 1,500 recovered coronavirus patients have responded to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health’s call for volunteering at medical facilities to support the fight against COVID-19. The health department on Thursday reported to the municipal People’s Committee and the Department of Home Affairs about the reception and assignment of tasks for the volunteers. The report said that 273 recovered COVID-19 patients had registered through the health department to become volunteers, with 108 of them ready for their assigned tasks as of Wednesday. Sixty-two of them completed vocational school or college, 38 finished high school, and eight others reached middle school completion. Some 46 volunteers are female and 62 are male. None of them specialize in medical care. Besides, 1,270 recovered coronavirus patients sent applications to the Ho Chi Minh City Entrepreneurs Association to join the pandemic prevention forces, with 378 of them having been mobilized to 14 units in …

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Ships are evacuated to a port of the K15 border guard station in Da Nang City. (Photo: SGGP) Thanh Hoa Province has completed Covid-19 testing for households that must be evacuated to the facilities in advance of the storm while Nghe An Province has called on volunteers to help farmers urgently harvest the the summer-autumn rice. 25 fishing boats with 82 fishermen from Nghe An, Thanh Hoa and Binh Dinh were evacuated in Cua Sot Locks in Ha Tinh Province. The provincial functional units gave a free Covid-19 rapid test to ships’ crews coming from other provinces. The police and military forces along with the local authorities and youth union on September 10 helped residents harvest rice and reinforce houses and schools in order to minimize damage. In Quang Binh, the provincial authorities have delegated communes to protect property of the local people who are being quarantined in Covid-19 treatment facilities. In Quang Tri, crews of all fishing vessels of province and …

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Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen speaks at a working session with Can Gio District. (Photo: SGGP) The City’s Party Chief asked Can Gio to re-start big projects and implement resolutions issued by the district and municipal Party Committees. In addition, the locality must prepare projects of domestic tours and social housing for the evacuation of residents who are living in substandard rental housing and slums in the city to the temporary shelters aiming at preventing the spread of Covid-19 and reducing the number of confirmed cases as well as protecting the people’s health. Regarding to the tourism plan, he asked the district to carry out the “safe destination, safe place to travel” program. The Department of Trade and Industry will be responsible for providing services and creating opportunities to help Can Gio’s local people to sell their products, promote the economic development. Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen asks …

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Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday chairs an online meeting about COVID-19 prevention and control work in two southern provinces of Kiên Giang and Tiền Giang due to the complicated development of the pandemic there. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday criticised COVID-19 prevention and control work in the two southern provinces of Kiên Giang and Tiền Giang as an increased number of areas here face a very high risk of infections despite strict social distancing measures in place for two months. Chính chaired an online meeting with the provinces’ leaders and representatives from 317 communes, wards, towns and districts in the two provinces on Monday, asking the provinces to put the COVID-19 outbreaks under control as soon as possible and “no later than September 30”. In the last seven days, Kiên Giang Province reported 1,217 COVID-19 cases, of those, 776 cases were found in the community. The number of total infections and …

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control , has stressed the need to strengthen supervision and monitoring over pandemic prevention and control activities, while preventing corruption, negative signs and vested interests in the purchase of medical equipment, medicine and medical supplies serving the pandemic fight. He made the order during an online working session with leaders of the Mekong Delta provinces of Kien Giang and Tien Giang on measures to push back the pandemic on September 13. The PM pointed to a number of gaps in pandemic prevention and control activities. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) He requested the localities to stick to directions from central agencies, especially the policy of considering communes and wards as “fortresses” and people as “warriors” in the fight against COVID-19, and taking the …

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A woman in Quang Ninh gets vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – The northern province of Quang Ninh is striving to become one of the typical Vietnamese localities in COVID-19 prevention and control and maintain double-digit economic growth momentum. The statement was made by Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Ky during the recent 16th meeting of the Party Committee Standing Board. To achieve the target, the Standing Board emphasised the need to resolutely and persistently keep “green zones” safe, push ahead with measures that have proved effective, and take flexible solutions based on the reality. The province looks to complete vaccination for 100 percent of eligible residents against COVID-19 this year, combined with boosting the adherence to the Ministry of Health’s 5K principle (“khau trang” - wearing facemasks, “khu khuan” - disinfection, “khoang cach” - keeping distance, “khong tu tap” - no gathering, and “khai bao y …

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At the online working session with leaders of the Mekong Delta provinces of Kien Giang and Tien Giang on measures to push back the pandemic, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, stressed the need to strengthen supervision and monitoring over pandemic prevention and control activities, while preventing corruption, negative signs and vested interests in the purchase of medical equipment, medicine and medical supplies serving the pandemic fight. The PM , who is also head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, pointed to a number of gaps in pandemic prevention and control activities. He requested the localities to stick to directions from central agencies, especially the policy of considering communes and wards as “fortresses” and people as “warriors” in the fight against COVID-19, and taking the people as the centre and subject of pandemic prevention and control activities. The Government leader asked the provinces to set specific goals when …

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Hanoi police have removed 39 checkpoints on September 16 as social distancing was eased in safe districts. Hanoi removes 39 checkpoints The 39 checkpoints were established on September 4 in 15 districts identified as high-risk areas. The police checked people's health declarations, travel permits and ensured social order and traffic flow. The police and health workers can also carry out quick tests and disinfected suspected patients checkpoints. Twenty-three other checkpoints leading into Hanoi have been maintained for Covid-19 prevention. Hanoi will narrow locked-down areas to restore production and business activities, according to the municipal People’s Committee. Speaking at a meeting with departments, sectors, districts, communes and wards on September 16, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen said that the capital city will not conduct large-scale lockdowns, but at the narrowest scale, to effectively control the pandemic. …

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