Vietnam attends ASEAN-US health ministers' meeting
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on April 30 joined health officials of other ASEAN member nations and the US in the ASEAN-US Health Ministers Meeting via video conference.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Longon April 30 joined health officials of other ASEAN member nations and the US in the ASEAN-US Health Ministers Meeting via video conference.
In his speech, Long shared Vietnam’s experience in combating theCOVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the leadership role of the entire political system,and the Government’s drastic direction with a strategy “proactive prevention -early detection - quarantine and treatment”.
Vietnam has well controlled the pandemic thanks to the participationof authorities at all levels and mobilization of all resources on the spot, hesaid.
Long spoke highly of the US's cooperation with and support to ASEANmember states through the sharing of information, disease response strategies, researchon vaccine and medicine for COVID-19 patient treatment, and building a regional diseasecontrol model.
Participants updated information about the disease, and measuresand activities the countries have been implementing to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
They also propos𝓀ed medical cooperation plans in general and coordinationin the fight against the pandemic in particular./.
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Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA) 
