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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam welcomes positive political, security & socio-economic progress in Central Asia despite COVID-19 challenges and hopes the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) will maintain its effective activities in the region, according to Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the Vietnamese mission to the UN. Addressing the UN Security Council’s online meeting on UNRCCA operations on January 27, Anh expressed support for and appreciated the work of the centre and its head Natalia Gherman, describing the centre as the UN’s role model in promoting preventive diplomacy in the region. Natalia, who is Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Asia, reported to the meeting on the centre’s main activities since the council’s session in July 2020. Specifically, the UNRCCA focused on supporting Central Asian countries in boosting political progress, … [Read more...] about Vietnam appreciates UN Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia’s operations

The corridor running 1,450km through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam is an economic development programme initiated to promote development and integration of five Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The concept was agreed in 1998 at the Ministerial Conference of the Greater Mekong Subregion, organised in Manila, Philippines. This corridor became operational on December 12, 2006. In Vietnam, the project starts at Lao Bao International Border Gate in Quang Tri province, running along Highway No9 and 1A to Da Nang city. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 28

The province government has also stopped allowing workers entering from outside of Vietnam to either enter the province or quarantined there starting Thursday. The decision however doesn’t apply to foreign workers and experts approved by Hai Duong People's Committee to enter and be quarantined in the province before Thursday. … [Read more...] about Hai Duong imposes social distancing, tests 3,000 for Covid-19 following community transmissions

Chairman of the Quang Ninh People’s Committee Nguyen Tuong Van has ordered relevant agencies in the province to trace and conduct COVID-19 tests on all direct and indirect contacts of the patient. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese province tells students to stay home, suspends passenger transport following detection of COVID-19 case

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