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The Hanoitimes - Many benefactors are giving free meals, face masks and essential items to alleviate the hardships of the destitute in Hanoi city every day during Covid-19 pandemic time. Times of crisis can often bring out the best in people. The Covid-19 evolution remains unpredictable in Hanoi, thus deeds of many kindhearted Hanoians’ have been of great encouragement for the poor’ hearts in the capital city to overcome the pandemic time. The shining examples not only show kindness of Vietnamese people amid the pandemic, but also surprise a lot of foreigners in Vietnam and in the world. Donation of food and essential items Many benefactors are giving free meals, face masks and essential items to alleviate the hardships of the destitute people in Hanoi city every day during Covid-19 pandemic time. The Hanoi city government has urged shops that sell non-essential goods and provide services to temporarily shut down to prevent Covid-19 from spreading. Although people agreed with the authority move, it has also made life of the poor more difficult, leaving some with no means to earn a living from. Therefore, kindhearted Hanoians have provided food for free to the destitute who have been left with no livelihoods due to the nationwide business shutdown to prevent the pandemic, working under the motto “Take one if you are in hardship. But if you are well, leave it for others" (XQ group). XQ group prepares donations for the poor at a point near the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion. Photo: Ngan Nguyen Another charity program has been underway in the capital city is “Sharing food every day, together overcoming Covid-19" - “You need it, you take it” to provide free meals to the destitute people. "The enthusiastic support of the community surprises me. Many join my campaign quietly. The pandemic reveals many people in dire situation and need special attention from the community," said Nguyen Phan …

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Thanks to a wonderful meeting with international writers in the spring of 2019, Vietnamese literature has seen higher levels of promotion worldwide. German translator Guenter Giesenfeld, poet Sándor Halmosi, writer Kieu Bich Hau, poet Laura Garavaglia. This is contained in the prologue of writer Kieu Bich Hau's piece about international literary friends. The first is Italian poet Laura Garavaglia who first came to Vietnam in spring 2019. Writer Kieu Bich Hau welcomed her as directed by the Vietnam Writers Association. On the bus to the guest house, they exchanged business cards and she was surprised to learn that Laura Garavaglia is President of the House of Poems in Como, Director of the European Poetry Festival, besides being a poet, literary translator and journalist. Looking at the tall, thin woman, having entered her sixties, writer Kieu Bich Hau wondered how she could do so many things at the one time. The House of Poems in Como and the Vietnam Writers' Association signed a cooperation agreement, with the Italian side publishing Vietnamese literature, cuisine, tourism, and general cultural research in Italy while at the same time, the Vietnamese side will establish an Italian cultural club in Hanoi. Currently, Garavaglia is gathering Vietnamese literature and cultural books to teach students, so that young Italians can better understand Vietnam, a place she loves. Meanwhile, Vietnam has also become captivated with Sándor Halmosi, a Hungarian poet, for the country’s freedom, enthusiasm and colorful tropical cuisine. With a continuous future connection, the promotion of cross-published works between the two countries will introduce readers to the beauty of traditional and contemporary literature, the richness, differences and similarities in the souls of Hungarians and the Vietnamese. Sándor Halmosi has paid much attention to Vietnam, not only its food, traffic, music on the bus, but also Vietnamese architecture. Writer Kieu Bich …

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A doctor examines a hepatitis patient at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Health has reported that nearly one million Vietnamese people are infected with the hepatitis C virus ( HCV ). According to recent statistics by the Preventive Medicine Department, 20,000 people die of liver cancer each year in Vietnam, of which untreated hepatitis B and HCV are the leading causes of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Ninety percent of people with HCV are not aware of the infection. It is often called a ‘silent killer’ because it has no obvious symptoms but can be extremely dangerous and, in some cases, life threatening, medical experts said. The ministry said the number of deaths caused by hepatitis B and C was the same as the number of people dying from HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Vietnam. There are vaccines to prevent hepatitis A and B, however, there is no vaccine for HCV. There are many new medicines that bring the cure rate up to 95 percent. However, due to high cost, many infected people do not have access to new drugs and have to live with it, leading to cirrhosis and liver cancer . Many new drugs which are effective in treating hepatitis C are not covered by health insurance, causing difficulties for patients, said Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of the Central Tropical Hospital. Hepatitis C patients in Vietnam account for about 7 percent of the population but only 0.1 percent (6,000-8,000 patients) of them have access to treatment. “The Ministry of Health allows using new drugs in HCV treatment in Vietnam and the rate of recovery can be up to 90 percent. It also has fewer side effects and the time of treatment and costs are reduced,” Kinh said. At present, the average cost for a stage of treatment was 45 million VND over three months, nearly a third cheaper than that for old medicines, he said. Kinh also suggested the new drugs should be covered by public health insurance so hundreds of thousands …

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