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Hanoi (VNA) – GAVI, an international organisation that works to improve access to new and underused vaccines for children in the world's poorest countries, has published an article on its website gavi.org, highlighting the four ways Vietnam has managed to control the COVID-19 pandemic. It said on May 25 that while the healthcare systems of some wealthier countries have come close to collapsing under the strain of COVID-19, Vietnam was quick to respond and remains in control. With a population of over 97 million, Vietnam has experience in responding to outbreaks of other infectious diseases including SARS, MERS, measles and dengue. The article said in the case of the novel coronavirus, Vietnam relied on four relatively cost-effective solutions to combat the virus, including strategic testing, contact tracing through apps and effective public communication campaigns. As well as these, it implemented the social distancing policy from April 1-22. When the first reports of … [Read more...] about GAVI lauds Vietnam’s ways to control COVID-19

From 2016-19, on average, the number of violation cases dropped by some 35 per cent nationwide and the area of damaged forest reduced by 20 per cent. Forest coverage kept increasing with total forest area exceeding 14.6 million ha by late December 2019. Forest coverage is expected to reach 42 per cent by late 2020. … [Read more...] about Progress made in protecting nation’s forests

A portrait of 20-year-old Nguyen Dinh Luong, who is feared to have been among the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, is kept on a prayer altar at his house in Vietnam's Ha Tinh province on October 29, 2019 … [Read more...] about Twenty-six held over migrant lorry tragedy in Britain

The driver of the lorry has already admitted manslaughter over the deaths, but Tuesday's arrests targeted the ring of smugglers suspected of organising the migrants' journey. Police swooped in a series of raids around Brussels and Paris as part of a probe also involving British and Irish investigators. In Belgium - where some of the victims stayed before their fateful journey - police held 13 people, including 11 Vietnamese nationals. "The network set up by the smugglers is suspected of having likely transported up to several dozen people every day for several months," Belgian federal prosecutors said in a statement on Wednesday (May 27). "The organisation focused on transporting refugees from Asia, particularly from Vietnam." Prosecutors suspect the gang organised the transport of the Vietnamese migrants in the container where they died. Most of those arrested in France are also Vietnamese, according to an investigation source. The probe has discovered that the migrants who … [Read more...] about Police arrest 26 in France, Belgium over Vietnamese migrants lorry tragedy

A white lotus flower in full bloom at a lotus pond in Tam Hung Commune, Thanh Oai District, Hanoi, Vietnam is seen in this photo taken in May 2020. Photo: Duong Lieu / Tuoi Tre Selfie-lovers have also noted that Bich and her family charge a fair admission price of VND50,000 (US$2.20). … [Read more...] about Check out this white lotus pond on the outskirts of Hanoi