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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

Paris (VNA) - Significant attention has been paid to a hearing on January 25 for a trial brought by Vietnamese-French woman Tran To Nga against the US companies that provided the chemical toxins used by the US Army in the war in Vietnam. At the trial, held in the Crown Court of Evry city in the suburbs of Paris, lawyers for the defendants spent more than four hours arguing for their clients, which are 17 chemical producers from the US, including Monsanto (acquired by the German group Bayer in 2018) and Dow Chemical, while Nga’s three lawyers had only one and a half hours. Lawyers William Bourdon, Amelie Lefebvre, and Bertrand Repolt have stood side-by-side with Nga for more than 10 years. In 2009, she testified for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Vietnam at the International People’s Tribunal of Conscience, in Paris. In 2013, the Crown Court of Evry accepted her lawsuit and one year later she received notice of the first procedural hearing, with 19 US chemical … [Read more...] about Struggle for AO/dioxin victims in Vietnam endures

In fact, the law has concretized the policies and thoughts of the Party and State on protecting national independence, territorial integrity and border security. It allows mobilizing not only the armed forces, but also the entire political system and people to protect national borders. The law serves as a legal basis for the Defense Ministry to make recommendations to the Government to invest in protecting border areas, build the border guard force and mobilize other forces and people to manage and safeguard national borders. It also creates a lever for the Government and local authorities to develop the economy and improve the living conditions of people living in border areas. Finally, the law contributes to building borderlines of peace, friendship and cooperation with Vietnam’s neighboring countries. … [Read more...] about The image of Uncle Ho’s Soldier shining in peacetime

Deputy Director Tang Chi Thuong first announced that there will be an establishment of a specialized medical center in HCMC. It consists of existing general and specialized hospitals of the highest level, a center for medical examination and disease screening via hi-tech methods, Emergency Center 115 and its satellite units running a smart coordination system. … [Read more...] about HCMC aiming at becoming specialized medical center of ASEAN

At a recent conference of the park’s management board, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat highlighted the Party and Government’s policy of building it into a science and technology city and a smart ecosystem for science-technology development, to contribute to national development. … [Read more...] about US$3.9 bln channelled into Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park