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The intensity of COVID-19 has initially “cooled down” in many nations around the world after the vaccination campaign has been deployed on a large scale. However, in some EU member states the situation remains serious and the EU is struggling to overcome the third wave of the pandemic. Contrary to the trend of easing social distancing, Hungary, France and the Czech Republic are the European countries tending to tighten prevention and control measures as the number of infections has increased recently. Statistics show that, while most Western European countries have recorded a declining or stable number of cases, about 100-200 per one million people per day, the figure is at around 300 in France and more than 600 in the Czech Republic. French Health Minister Olivier Véran stated that in the next four to six weeks, France will maintain a nightly curfew and lockdown measures such as closing pubs, restaurants and museums, in a bid to protect the pandemic prevention and control efforts. … [Read more...] about A long-term challenge

Vaccine nationalism has become alarming, as politicians have criticized the previous US President Donald Trump for his "America First" doctrine. More than 55% of Israelis have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: Timesofisrael When I wrote this article, 4.77 million Israelis had received at least 1 dose of the Covid-19 vaccine; 3.44 million of them had completed second injections. More than 55% of Israel's population have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. But not many countries are as lucky as Israel. This is a special case as Israel has a small population and enormous financial capacity. Meanwhile, many poor African countries may only be able to start vaccinating next year. Wealthy countries, accounting for only 16% of the world's population, have bought up to 60% of the worldwide supply of vaccines. Some have even ordered a volume of vaccine that is much higher than their population. Canada bought vaccines for 453.1% of … [Read more...] about Vaccine nationalism

The fourth industrial revolution, digital transformation and the digital economy are mentioned many times in documents of the 13th Party Congress. VietNamNet would like to introduce the speech delivered by Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung at the congress. Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung. Photo: Pham Hai The desire to develop a prosperous and happy country and the desire for a mighty Vietnam have been aroused. The flag has been raised to gather all of Vietnamese people. The way to the target has been shown, which is science and technology, innovation, the 4th industrial revolution, digital transformation, and digital economy. The decisive factor for success is Party building and reorganization tasks so that people always believe in the Party's leadership. Digital technology, digital transformation, digital economy, and digital age are a process occurring over decades. It is a global trend, an irreversible … [Read more...] about Digital transformation and the digital economy