Việt Nam continues successful economic story. — VNA/VNS Photo BERLIN — Credendo Group’s offices in Germany and Austria have published a study to evaluate the level of risk in Việt Nam, which emphasises that the Southeast Asian country is continuing its successful economic story after its good performance in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. The article quotes the latest country study of Credendo, saying that Việt Nam has been one of the few highly resilient countries during the unprecedented COVID-19 shock. The swift, strict and very effective containment of the virus after the outbreak in neighbouring China largely explains this, it says, noting that an early travel ban, testing and wide-scale contact tracing on top of the containment measures have helped keep the virus under control. While most countries were severely hit and hindered by the economic impact of the virus, Việt Nam’s economy continued to operate at a good albeit slower pace despite an initial high level of business disruption, it says. Credendo's study shows that in 2020, Việt Nam had exceptional economic performance while advanced and emerging economies in all the world’s regions have suffered a record recession. The study says for Việt Nam, the global demand slump was more than offset by the strong global demand for medical products, electronics and computers resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. Hence, exports of goods grew last year. Increased public investments in infrastructure also played a significant role in supporting economic activity. A more accommodative monetary policy – including the State Bank of Việt Nam’s policy interest rate cut from 6 per cent to 4 per cent – brought an extra stimulus. According to Credendo, Việt Nam remains largely immune to the further waves of the virus that are currently affecting many parts of the world. Hence, the Vietnamese authorities will take time to vaccinate the population. Việt Nam is confidently looking ahead to …
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World News in Brief: February 26
* China and India should firmly follow the right path of mutual trust and cooperation between neighboring major countries, and not go astray with suspicion and distrust nor fall back on a road of negative retrogression, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday. Wang made the remarks in a telephone conversation with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, stressing that the two sides should maintain the strategic consensuses reached by their leaders. * As COVID-19 transmission rates seemingly decline across the European Region, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge expressed health concerns over "long-COVID" or "post-COVID" symptoms at a virtual press conference on Thursday. * Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Armenia in a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday, the Kremlin said. * The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that the US military had conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria. The Pentagon called the operation a "proportionate military response" carried out after consultations with coalition partners. * China approved two more vaccines for public use, raising the number of domestically produced vaccines that can be used in China to four. * Japan on Friday is preparing to lift the state of emergency over COVID-19 for five prefectures where the situation has improved, although the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area will likely be kept under the emergency period for the time being, according to government sources. * The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Friday 2,651 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase since Oct. 17 last year, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 571,327. * Leaders of the European Union (EU) called for an accelerated production and delivery of COVID-19 …
Lecturer the youngest female associate professor at 34
Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà has been named the youngest female associate professor of 2020 in Việt Nam. — Photo courtesy of Hanoi University of Science and Technology. HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà, a lecturer at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, was named the youngest female associate professor of 2020 in Việt Nam. Hà received the title at the age of 34 in early December last year by the State Council for Professorship. “I spent a lot of time preparing the application and I was thrilled to receive the results. What surprised me most was the title of the youngest female associate professor of the year,” she said. “This made me very happy and honoured.” Hà was raised in a family with a tradition of teaching in northern Hoà Bình Province and often stood outside the classroom watching her mother teaching students after school. During her years at school, Hà showed promise in maths and considered studying economics or banking, which could have led to a high-income job. However, Hà decided to follow her dream and entered the University of Education under Hà Nội National University. “My mother burst out with happiness. I had never seen her so joyful like that,” Hà said. She graduated from the university and decided to continue studying for a master’s degree while working as a lecturer at Hanoi University of Science and Technology. In more than 10 years of research, Hà has had 28 scientific articles published, of which 16 are in prestigious international journals such as Materials Chemistry and Physics, European Physical Journal, and Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. Hà said her career path was very smooth because she got support from many talented and dedicated teachers. She recalled the day of her thesis defence when she was extremely nervous and got a bad feeling, so she called home to ask if her mother, who had fallen ill recently, was okay. When she was informed that her mother had passed away, she immediately …
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