The WHO says Vietnam’s capacity in dealing with and controlling emergency health issues has been tested. Over the past 30 years. Vietnam has built its capacity in disease surveillance and diagnosis and effectively dealing with epidemics. Vietnam’s capacity in preventing and responding to dangerous and newly emerging diseases has increased. Improvements have also been reported in disease treatment and preparedness for dangerous diseases. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s health care acknowledged
Human rights
33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria’s Idlib
An AFP correspondent accompanied the rebels into Saraqeb, where he found a ghost town of bombed out buildings. The counterattack temporarily reverses one of the key gains of the government since its offensive against the country's last rebel enclave in December.— AFP … [Read more...] about 33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria’s Idlib
North Korea extends school breaks over COVID-19 fears
Commuters wearing face masks ride a tramcar in Pyongyang. (Photo: AFP/KIM Won Jin) Pyongyang has not reported a single case of the virus now known as COVID-19, which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and has since spread around the world including South Korea. … [Read more...] about North Korea extends school breaks over COVID-19 fears
Scrutinising the implications of new deals on Vietnam’s economy
In the economic development aspect, the EU is currently one of Vietnam’s largest export markets with an export value to this zone touching $41.5 billion and an import value reaching $14.9 billion last year. Thereby, when the EVFTA and IPA come into force, the two-way trade and investment flow from EU to Vietnam is forecast to rise robustly, making active contributions to Vietnam’s economic growth, facilitating export, pushing up market’s diversification, procuring higher added values through newly established supply chains, and creating more jobs. … [Read more...] about Scrutinising the implications of new deals on Vietnam’s economy
Ministries merger in the spotlight
It is only a temporary policy. The most important point I want to emphasise here is how to generate co-ordination between schools, occupational training and tertiary education. If everything goes smoothly, the number of Vietnamese ministries will drop to 19 ministries as proposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Right now, Việt Nam has 22 ministries and ministerial level agencies. — VNS … [Read more...] about Ministries merger in the spotlight
