Border guards in Đồng Tháp Province are working with police to patrol the border and dirt trails to prevent illegal entries. VNA/VNS Photo Chương Đài HCM CITY— The People’s Committee in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp on Saturday instructed local authorities and agencies to strengthen control of border gates, trails and crossings following the illegal entry of a Vietnamese woman who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Đoàn Tấn Bửu, vice chairman of the People’s Committee and standing deputy head of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said that health officials should quickly track down and quarantine people who have come into contact with the woman. People who have had close contact with the woman's contacts also should be tracked down and isolated at their home for medical surveillance, Bửu said. Previously, the woman was quarantined at Hồng Ngự Vocational Training School after it was discovered that she illegally entered the province with another woman from Cambodia and booked a room at a guesthouse in Tân Hồng District’s Sa Rài town on February 23. On February 25, testing results at HCM City Pasteur Institute showed that one of them had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The Vietnamese patient worked at a casino in Phnom Penh. The other woman tested negative for the virus. The patient is being treated at Hồng Ngự General Hospital in the province. According to provincial agencies, 11 people have had close contact with the woman. Of these, nine, including three from Cần Thơ, have been quarantined. The remaining two are still being traced. Forty people, who are contacts of her close contacts (F1), are quarantined at home. Bửu warned that people in the province should comply with the Ministry of Health’s 5K message: Khẩu trang (facemask) – Khử khuẩn (disinfection) – Khoảng cách (distance) – Không tụ tập (no gathering) – Khai báo y tế (health declaration). People should contact …
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Vietnam, China boost cooperation in preventing illegal border crossings
At the demarcation line at the Lao Cai International Border Gate, Senior Colonel Tran Viet Huynh, Deputy Commander of the Lao Cai provincial Border Guard Command and Nie Faquan, head of the Chinese side, discussed some contents related to the patrol. The two sides agreed to promote patrol to manage law observance along the borderline while preventing illegal border crossings, fighting smuggling and trade fraud as well as controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. This patrol was chaired by the Chinese side. During the event, the two sides distributed 500 leaflets to disseminate information about border laws and pandemic prevention and control. Concluding the patrol, the two sides reviewed the work and signed the records of their joint activities. In the coming time, they will boost cooperation in preventing and controlling crimes in border areas so as to manage illegal border crossings and curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Baobienphong Translated by Song Anh …
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Domestic strife dampens US foreign policy
New US President Joseph R. Biden was sworn in with his wife Jill Biden by his side, photo: AFP Last Wednesday many Americans breathed a sigh of relief as Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US President without any further incident from those who believe the election was “stolen” from former President Donald Trump. Instead of attending the ceremony as is tradition, Trump and his family took one last trip on Air Force One to Florida, where he will be based until the former reality TV star decides whether to run for president again in 2024 – or perhaps even endorse a family member for the post. Alongside Biden, Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice-president, becoming the first woman in American history – as well as the first woman of African-American and South Asian descent – to take on the role. “Few people in our nation’s history have been more challenged or found a time more difficult than the time we’re in now,” Biden said in his inauguration speech. He vowed to dedicate his “whole soul” to rebuilding a country battered by disease, economic turmoil, racial inequality, and political division. The 78-year-old certainly has his work cut out for him, but he rushed into action to put his stamp on the presidency by signing a raft of executive orders within hours of entering the White House. Biden signed a letter retracting Trump’s decision to leave the World Health Organization, which would have been effective in July. There was widespread criticism and an almost complete lack of international support last year for Trump’s move in the midst of a pandemic. In the most noteworthy but also most unsurprising move, the US is to be reinstated to the Paris climate agreement. The accord, which looks to curb the heating of the planet, will be much boosted by the return of second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Biden has previously warned that climate change poses the “greatest threat to the country”, which was battered by record wildfires and …
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