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The World Bank Group on Tuesday approved a $246-million aid package to help 786,000 vulnerable Lebanese reeling under the country's worst economic crisis in decades and the coronavirus pandemic. Lebanon, a country of more than six million, is grappling with its worst economic downturn since the 1975-1990 war. A spiralling coronavirus outbreak has compounded the crisis, forcing businesses shut and denying daily wage earners an income in a country where more than half the population lives in poverty. The World Bank "project will provide 147,000 extreme poor Lebanese households (approximately 786,000 individuals) with cash assistance for one year," a statement said. "Eligible households will receive a monthly transfer of 100,000 Lebanese pounds ($65) per household member, in addition to a flat amount of 200,000 Lebanese pounds per household," it said. It will also give 87,000 children between the ages of 13-18 year a top-up cash transfer to cover the direct costs of schooling … [Read more...] about World Bank emergency aid for vulnerable Lebanese

More seriously, reports from the Ministry of Public Security show that lately, cyber criminals have switched to indirect attacks in order to control software developers and IT solution providers who have signed contracts with organizations of the Party and the Government. They can then use the facilities of these units to further their attacks to other critical organizations. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to tighten cybersecurity during National Party Congress

The agreement was signed on Saturday by Carlito Galvez, a former military general in charge of the Philippines’ strategy to fight the coronavirus, according to a statement issued by SII’s local partner, Faberco Life Sciences Inc. … [Read more...] about Philippines signs deal to secure 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax: distributor

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Advances in treatment at hospitals nationwide have helped save more and more premature infants who are at high risk of mortality.  This improvement is in line with the United Nations' fourth Millennium Development Goal to reduce child mortality rates. “Preterm birth complications are the leading cause of death among children under 5 years of age, responsible for approximately 1 million deaths in 2015. Three-quarters of these deaths could be prevented with current, cost-effective interventions,” the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Many hospitals in Vietnam have improved their treatments for low birth-weight babies. Hung Vuong Hospital in HCM City, for instance, has been able to save thousands of premature infants each year. The survival rate of babies born between 24 and 37 weeks of pregnancy is now up to 90 percent. The latest premature infants who were saved by the hospital were … [Read more...] about Vietnam sees increasing survival rate of premature infants

At the event, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Kitahara Naomi handed over the relief aid to Thao Xuan Sung, Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) Central Committee. The kits will be delivered to women vulnerable to gender-based violence in the three central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Nam.gender-based violence, and respond and protect the dignity of women and girls adversely affected by a crisis. … [Read more...] about UNFPA presents over 5,700 dignity kits to Vietnamese women