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Chairman’s Statement of 36th ASEAN Summit

The following is the full text of the Chairman’s Statement of the 36th ASEAN Summit, which was held on June 26 in the form of video conference.

36th ASEAN Summit: Leaders’ Vision Statement on a Cohesive And Responsive ASEAN

The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders on Friday participated in the 36th summit of the grouping and has adopted the “ASEAN Leaders’ Vision Statement on a Cohesive And Responsive ASEAN: Rising Above Challenges And Sustaining Growth”.

Complacency in the fight against COVID-19 would be “suicidal”: Deputy PM Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said that while Việt Nam has so far managed to control the COVID-19 outbreak, the country cannot afford to become complacent given worrying developments around the globe.

Domestic, global focus needed to address public health issues: conference

A combination of various public health and preventive medicine specialties should be paid attention to at the domestic and international levels to protect people’s health amid emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases globally, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn told a conference at the Pasteur Institute in HCM City last week.

VN proactively integrates into global economy: Deputy PM

The Government of Việt Nam persistently pursues the policy of comprehensive integration, with a focus on international economic integration in a proactive, pragmatic and politic manner, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said at a forum held in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

$21m health programme launched

The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Việt Nam on Wednesday launched a new Health Co-operation Programme for period 2018-2019.

NA to vote on high-speed train in 2019

The National Assembly (NA) will decide the fate of a future high-speed railway in Việt Nam in 2019 after the transport ministry completes a project report, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said this week.

60 years: the European Union is proud of its achievements

Today, the European Union will mark 60 years since the Rome Treaties were signed, the first step towards a united Europe. Since the birth of the European Communities in 1957, the citizens of our member states have enjoyed six decades of unprecedented peace, prosperity and security.

Co-ordination key to implementing UN One Health strategy Viet Nam has made progress with the One Health (OH) initiative, but still needs to develop a strategic co-ordination mechanism along with an action plan and road map, UN Resident Co-ordinator in Viet Nam Pratibha Mehta said at the opening of the third One Heath Conference in Ha Noi yesterday.