Japanese, Singaporean newspapers praise Vietnam's response to COVID-19
Vietnam is now reaping strategic gains from its nimble response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tan Hui Yee, Indochina Bureau Chief in Bangkok, wrote in an article published in The Strait Times on May 18.
The Ngoc Son Temple in downtown Hanoi is sterilised to prevent the COVID-19. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam is now reaping strategic gains from its nimble response to theCOVID-19 pandemic, Tan Hui Yee, Indochina Bureau Chief in Bangkok, wrote in an articlepublished in The Strait Times on May 18.
Schools havereopened and buses are running as usual in the country, which has gone for a monthwithout seeing community transmission of the coronavirus, he said, adding that investorinterest - which shrivelled up early this year - is picking up again.
Vietnam’sexport of face masks and test kits, meanwhile, could help cushion the larger economicimpact of the pandemic, he wrote.
The article quotedTrent Davies, a Vietnam-based international business advisory manager at consultantsDezan Shira & Associates, as saying that everything was put on hold in the firstmonth or two of the COVID-19 outbreak, but now his company is already receiving inquiries from interested investors about doing business in Vietnam.
“Being aheadof the curve, the ASEAN Chair [Vietnam] is in good stead to lead and shape regionalresponses to the pandemic,” Dr Huong Le Thu, Senior Analyst at the AustralianStrategic Policy Institute, was quoted as saying.
“No countrycan recover on its own, but those in better shape and that emerge from this crisisrelatively earlier will be in a better position - and also have strategic bandwidth- to take some leadership initiative,” she said.
Meanwhile, Japanese economicsnewspaper Nihon Keizai on May 19 published an analysis by Chief Market Economist Ueno Yasunarifrom Mizuho Securities highlighting the effectiveness of Vietnam’s measures to curbthe spread of COVID-19.
Vietnam hasa population of 97 million people but has only reported some 300 infections andzero fatalities, showing that the country’s way of containing the virus was moreeffective than elsewhere, he wrote.
What madeVietnam succeed wa💛s quarantining infected people from the early days and aggressiv🌳elytracing those with whom they had contact, he explained./.
Vietnam recorded four more COVID-19 cases among Vietnamese people returning from abroad, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 18.
Vietnam has remained clear of COVID-19 community transmission for 33 straight days as no fresh case was confirmed on May 19 morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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In his article, Oscar Sanchez Serra highlighted President Ho Chi Minh’s founding of the Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper on June 21, 1925, which marked the birth of Vietnam's revolutionary press rooted in a bold and far-sighted vision.
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The article stressed that throughout his revolutionary career, the founder of modern Vietnam consistently regarded the revolutionary press as a vital part of the Vietnamese Party’s and nation’s revolutionary struggle.
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In the today context of socio-economic development and growth, the professionalism of Vietnam’s revolutionary journalists continues to rise, guided by exemplary mastery of new information technologies and the modernisation of their founding principles to preserve the enduring values of revolutionary journalism.
Thai Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Vuttikrai Leewiraphan Thailand's formal proposal will be substantial enough for the US to consider further detailed negotiations. He hoped for a tariff rate not exceeding 10% and suggested that the US might extend the negotiation period if an agreement is not reached by the July 8 deadline.
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The Ngoc Son Temple in downtown Hanoi is sterilised to prevent the COVID-19. (Photo: VNA)
