Steering committee objectives

Speakers highlighted historical and ongoing efforts as well as current challenges, from combating terrorism to increasing women’s involvement in peace processes, with some commending the year-old United Nations Liaison Office to the Arab League and others outlining ways to forge further progress. Many called for fresh efforts to advance a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, urging the parties to return to peace talks./. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 20

The meeting was attended by doctors at Bach Mai Hospital, National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Da Nang Hospital, Da Nang Hospital for Lung Diseases, and Quang Nam Central General Hospital.  … [Read more...] about Vietnamese doctors join teleconference to discuss treatment for seriously ill COVID-19 patient

Hanoi (VNA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has been well controlled in Vietnam, but risks of an outbreak are still present, especially with the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaching, leading experts to warn that people need to strictly abide by preventive regulations. Associate professor Tran Dac Phu, senior advisor to the Vietnam Emergency Operations Centre, told Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper that the current risk of infection was mainly due to a lack of strict control of entry and lax quarantining. Each ministry, branch and locality must continue to seriously implement pandemic prevention and control measures, he said, adding that along with the strict control and prevention of illegal entry, local authorities and police need to closely monitor border areas, especially land borders. Along calling on provincial and municipal health departments to strictly implement COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long urged … [Read more...] about People urged to continue pandemic prevention to ensure peaceful Tet

As e-commerce is a field which needs significant capital, Vietnamese businesses without a parent company with strong financial potential would not be able to develop and compete as they are only allowed to access capital from the narrow list of investors announced periodically by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, he said. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 20