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Vientiane (VNA) - The Ministry of National Defence has sent medical experts to Laos to exchange experience in COVID-19 prevention and control. The Vietnamese side has handed over medical supplies, including face masks, protective gear, and hand sanitiser, worth over 3 billion VND (128,800 USD) to the Lao side. Following a handing-over ceremony at the Cau Treo border gate in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province on April 7, Vietnamese experts traveled to the Lao capital of Vientiane and held working sessions with the country’s national and government steering committees for COVID-19 prevention and control. Under the instruction of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Defense Minster Ngo Xuan Lich, military zones and units of the Ministry of National Defense stand ready to dispatch experts to Laos when necessary./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam send experts to help Laos fight COVID-19

The Ministry of Health said on Tuesday afternoon that an additional number of 27 patients had made a full recovery from the disease, including 11 in Hanoi, nine in Ho Chi Minh City, four in Dong Thap Province, two in Thua Thien-Hue Province, and one in Ben Tre Province. … [Read more...] about Vietnam province discharges two British COVID-19 patients

"Patient 36," a 64-year-old woman, is the last of nine patients treated at the hospital. Her samples tested Covid-19 negative for the first time Monday morning, said hospital director Nguyen Van Thanh. Seven of the nine patients were discharged on April 3. "Patient 44," a 12-year-old boy, is yet to be discharged but has also been tested negative earlier. … [Read more...] about Binh Thuan medics moved to tears after patient tests Covid-19 negative

Global analyst FocusEconomics last week told VIR that it projects the Vietnamese economy to expand by only 5.2 per cent in 2020, down 1.3 percentage points from last month’s forecast, and 7 per cent in 2021. Notably, the firm’s February forecast of 6.5 per cent was lower than the previous month’s projection of 6.6 per cent. … [Read more...] about Sustained growth can be achieved through reforms

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Despite being slow, credit growth of the banking system in March recovered compared with the first two months of this year. The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) reported credit growth in the first quarter of this year reached 1.1 percent, slowing significantly against the 2.28 percent rate in the same period last year, due to adverse impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic. However, the credit growth last month rebounded compared with the first two months of this year, when it was only 0.06 percent, the lowest level in the past six years. Nguyen Quoc Hung, director of the SBV’s Credit Department, said compared with the first two months of the year, the economy now has better access to credit. The credit has begun to recover, Hung said, expecting that a higher growth rate would be seen this week. Besides State-owned banks, many private banks have recently offered credit packages with preferential interest rates to support firms and individuals that have been affected by … [Read more...] about Bank credit growth recovers partly in March