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Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam has made an impression on the international community as a safe country with great economic potential, and its success in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining economic growth has been miraculous, a Japanese expert has said. Director of Japan’s Vietnam Economic Research Institute (VERI) Hiroyuki Moribe made the comments in a recent interview with a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Japan, during which he said that one of the most important factors contributing to Vietnam’s economic achievements is that the country did particularly well in controlling the pandemic. Though COVID-19 broke out again in HCM City, Vietnam has kept it under control, he noted, stressing that this is a very important factor in the context of the US and countries in Europe and South America recording an increasing number of infections. Drastic measures to respond to the outbreak, such as border closures, and Vietnamese people’s strict compliance with … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s success in fighting COVID-19, maintaining growth a miracle: Japanese expert

Otherwise, the total consumption of fast-moving consumer goods plummeted by 7.5 per cent in the first nine months of last year. Of this, the second quarter was the hardest for the entire sector due to the month-long social distancing, and also the three-month closure of non-essential services like bars and pubs, the main consumption channel of beer. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 and Decree 100 keep hampering the local beer sector from recovery

Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia will receive 1 million doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinopharm of China to vaccinate 500,000 people, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced via his Facebook account. The Cambodian PM also said he will be the first to receive Sinopharm vaccine shots. He said that in the context of widespread virus, the Kingdom will not hesitate to receive Chinese-aided COVID-19 vaccines although they have not yet approved by WHO. As the doses are not enough for all Cambodian, it will be used for prioritised people including doctors, teachers, all-level armed forces, the judiciary, and other public service providers like taxi drivers. The vaccines China announced to provide to Cambodia have already been used by Indonesia, he added. The premier confirmed that the vaccination will be free of charge and based on a voluntary principle. So far, Cambodia has reported 439 COVID-19 cases, including 386 cured and zero death./. … [Read more...] about Cambodia to use Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine

Hanoi (VNA) - The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) on January 18 reported 2,163 new daily (COVID-19) cases, the highest in more than two months in the Southeast Asian country. The last time the daily new cases in the Philippines exceeded the January 18 number was on November 8, 2020, which stood at 2,442. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 502,736 so far. The death toll climbed to 9,909 after 14 more patients died from the disease, the DOH said. It added two more patients recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 465,988. The Philippines, which has about 110 million population, has tested over 6.84 million people since the disease emerged in January last year. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 9,086 in the past 24 hours to 917,015, with the death toll adding by 295 to 26,282, the Health Ministry said on January 18. According to the ministry, 9,475 more patients were discharged from hospitals, … [Read more...] about COVID-19 pandemic worsens in Philippines, Indonesia

According to the ministry's report, the Vietnamese patient is a 28-year-old man who returned from the US to Danang International Airport on January 13. He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on January 17. The patient is now being treated at the Danang Lung Hospital. Earlier, three other people who boarded the same flight with him had also been infected with the virus. The 59-year-old Costa Rican man arrived at the Noi Bai International Airport from the UAE on January 16. He is now being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 845. As of 6 pm on January 18, a total of 1,402 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases. At present, nearly 18,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or … [Read more...] about Two more imported Covid-19 patients recorded on Monday