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/ May 26, 2021

Da Nang donates 43,000 USD to aid Laos’ COVID-19 fight

Testing for COVID-19 in Vientiane (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNS/VNA) - A donation of 1 billion VND (43,000 USD) will be sent from central Da Nang city to support five localities of Laos – Salavan, Champasak, Attapu, Savannakhet and Sekong – in the fight against COVID-19 . Chairman of the Da Nang City People’s Committee Le Trung Chinh said the cash donation will help provinces in Laos ease the financial burden of COVID-19 preventive measures amid the outbreak in Laos. Earlier, the city delivered medical equipment to support the hardest-hit Vietnamese provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang. Mass testing has been rapidly conducted at industrial zones and living quarters and for taxi drivers since last week with more than 290,000 people being tested. The samples of 13,000 of the total 25,000 workers in industrial zones and parks in the city were negative with SARS-COV-2. The remaining results are pending. Meanwhile, neighbouring Quang Nam province began easing COVID-19 restrictions in Duy Xuyen an Dai Loc districts, Hoi An city and Dien Ban township from May 25 as the outbreak is under control. Karaoke, bars, discotheque, massage and mass gatherings in public are still banned throughout the province. Cafes and restaurants in Thua Thien-Hue province reopened last weekend, but only groups of less than 10 people can gather. A living area in Phu Loc township has been locked down since May 13, while social distancing orders still remain at Phong Hien commune of Phong Dien district. The provincial Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said 610 COVID-19 close contact cases had tested negative twice, while 5,900 indirect contacts were negative for the first time since being quarantined from May 3. Quang Ngai province has retained five medical checkpoints at roads to control the flow of people returning from COVID-19 hit localities. At least 10,000 local residents of Quang Ngai had returned home from different provinces, and 4,000 were isolated at home …

/ June 20, 2021

For Sanofi, environmental protection is part of business

For Sanofi, environmental protection is part of business The Saigon Times Nguyen Thi Luong Phong (L), a representative of Sanofi Vietnam, donates VND1.3 billion to a representative of Vietnam Red Cross Society - PHOTO: SANOFI VIETNAM For a better life, apart from improving economic performance, Sanofi Vietnam has always attended to societal and environmental issues to create values for the community. By integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) into the core of its operations, the drug firm has enacted numerous pro-society initiatives and environmental protection programs to change lives. “As a multinational pharmaceutical company and a drugmaker in Vietnam for over 60 years, Sanofi Vietnam is striving to fulfill its long-term commitment to social responsibility,” says Emin Turan, country director of Sanofi Vietnam and Cambodia. “On the path to generating positive impacts on the society, the drugmaker has been mobilizing its capacity, ability and human resources to minimize environmental footprint of its production and business activities,” Turan added. Reducing the environmental footprint In an effort to minimize negative impacts from raw materials and wastes on the health of people and the environment during its operations, Sanofi Vietnam is constantly redesigning and renewing its products and services to create a healthy society. Its pharmaceutical plant in Thu Duc City in HCMC is launching a series of programs to reduce its waste by recycling or reusing the plastic and paper waste in a safe and sustainable manner. Through its program to eliminate plastic waste that was kick-started years ago, the firm targets to reduce the use of plastics at the factory to zero by 2022. Last year, the company managed to cut 14 tons of plastics in its production. In addition, the factory made a reduction of 470 tons of carton paper used for packaging in 2020 while carrying out the “Carton Reduction” program, and recycled 30 tons of plastic …

/ May 23, 2021

Southeast Asian nations report surging daily COVID-19 cases

A person in Thailand get vaccinated (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Countries in Southeast Asia continued to see a large number of COVID-19 cases on May 23. Cambodia logged 560 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths on the day, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. The country’s tally of COVID-19 infections has to date reached 25,205, with 17,701 recoveries. On the same day, 42 Indonesian medical workers were found to be infected with the coronavirus after providing treatment for 13 Filipino sailors. With more than 1.7 million COVID-19 cases and the death toll of 49,000, Indonesia is the hardest-hit country in Southeast Asia . Meanwhile, the Philippine Department of Health announced 3,083 new infections and 38 fatalities on the day, raising the national count to nearly 1.18 million and 19,951, respectively. Malaysia documented additional 6,976 cases on May 23, the highest daily figure since the start of COVID-19. Most of the new patients were in Selangor state. The country has a total of 512,091 cases. Thailand has announced to tighten border control after the detection of three cases with COVID-19 variant that originated in South Africa. It has to date logged a total of 129,500 infections and 776 fatalities. An online survey by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat university revealed on May 23 showed that 64.39 percent of 2,644 respondents nationwide said they agree to receive COVID-19 jab provided by the government./. VNA …