In a recent interview with Thế giới & Việt Nam (The World & Vietnam Report), Dr. Nguyễn Hồng Thao shared details of his work and the preparation for re-nomination to the position.
In the context of the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines are considered a strategic and sustainable solution. Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính recently signed decision on establishing the Government's Working Group on vaccine diplomacy (the Working Group). Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn, Head of the Working Group, spoke to the press about the specific objectives of this Working Group and the contributions of the foreign affairs ministry to the Government's joint efforts in the fight against COVID-19.
Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Ngọc Đông talked to Vietnamplus about price fluctuation and shortage of construction materials for the North-South Expressway sub-projects.
Head of the Government's Special Working Group and Deputy Minister of National Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Võ Minh Lương spoke to the press about the COVID-19 prevention and control work of the army in southern provinces and cities
Ambassador Denny Abdi writes to Việt Nam News on the 76th anniversary of the Independence Day of Indonesia (August 17).
Doctor Trần Danh Cường, director of the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology talked to Sức khỏe & Đời sống (Health & Life) newspaper about COVID-19 vaccinations for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
Trần Đắc Phu, senior advisor to the Việt Nam Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC), talks to the Việt Nam Government Portal website about the correct deployment of COVID-19 antigen tests to avoid waste and incorrect outbreak assessments.
Vice director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases Nguyễn Trung Cấp spoke to Vietnam News Agency about risks faced by frontline workers who recovered from COVID-19.
Vũ Đức Đam, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, spoke to the media about the current COVID-19 situation in the southern region, the country’s epicentre, after spending almost a month inspecting prevention and control efforts in the area.
Việt Nam has experienced several decades of war and the country is still suffering from this legacy. Dioxin, or Agent Orange, remains one such challenge that the Government of Việt Nam and its citizens are still grappling with today. As Việt Nam reaches sixty years since the chemical was first used in the war in the country, it is important we do not forget the victims of this tragedy.
Director of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture Nguyễn Thị Lan talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic & Urban Affairs) online newspaper about measures to boost the effectiveness of the national target programme to build new-style rural areas during the 2021-25 period.
Director of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Lương Ngọc Khuê spoke to the press about the ministry’s recently issued master plan to improve emergency and critical care capacity of hospitals nationwide amid the complex developments of COVID-19.
Nguyễn Thu Anh, is an epidemiologist and country director of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, the leader of the 5F team in Việt Nam, which includes doctors, epidemiologists, pharmacists, public health experts and social science experts working on providing science-based information on COVID-19. She spoke to Việt Nam News about the current pandemic situation and the team's recommendations.
At a recent online conference with provinces and cities to implement the dispatch of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính came to the conclusion that new and stronger measures should be conducted in the new developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trần Đắc Phu, a senior advisor at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre talks to the Government Portal about the issue.
I was surprised to receive a call from an American friend who lives in Singapore, asking about the pandemic situation in HCM City, Việt Nam’s current COVID-19 epicentre with a daily record of thousands of cases.
While large manufacturers and big businesses adopt digital tools to facilitate marketing and distribution of their products amid the COVID-19 outbreak, a majority of small business owners and underemployed youth in rural areas use their smartphones for communication and entertainment rather than for business due to a lack of digital skills.
HCM City is the first locality in Việt Nam to pilot a new scheme allowing asymptomatic COVID-19 patients to quarantine at home. In a recent interview with the Việt Nam Government Portal, Doctor Trương Hữu Khanh, Head of HCM City’s Paediatrics Hospital No.1’s Infectious and Nervous Diseases Department shares about the scheme amid increasing cases in HCM City.