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Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 6 held a phone talk with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on the Vietnam-US relations on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. Minh said Vietnam regards the US as one of its leading important partners, and expressed his delight at the development of the bilateral ties across all aspects, from politics and diplomacy to economic-trade, national defence-security, science-technology and people-to-people exchanges. He appreciated programmes on humanitarian cooperation, the settlement of war consequences and dioxin decontamination, which, he said, have significantly contributed to consolidating mutual trust. The official also lauded the two countries’ flexible activities marking the 25th anniversary of the diplomatic ties amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, including the exchange of greetings by their senior leaders. For his part, Pompeo spoke highly of efforts made … [Read more...] about Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh holds phone talk with US Secretary of State

Imitating some of these jurisdictions’ best practices could further help boost Vietnam’s attractiveness. For instance, more favourable taxation (only of locally sourced income), elimination of excessive bureaucracy (reduction of documents which need to be notarised, for example), and an even wider use of English in public administration, as well as closer partnership with the EU and the ASEAN Economic Community would help in those cases where Vietnam alone cannot entirely replace other destinations. … [Read more...] about Post-pandemic focus for new investments

The institute urged the provincial and municipal centers for Disease Control to proactively conduct Covid-19 tests, adding that some centers which face an overload of testing and need to send samples to the institute should attach biological medicinal products, test kits and materials with the same number as the samples for testing. … [Read more...] about Nha Trang Pasteur Institute suspends receiving Covid-19 test samples

“There were 13 patients who received VND5 million [US$215] hospital fee reimbursement each, while one received VND6 million [$258], which brings the total amount to VND71 million [$3,100]. The beneficiaries are all underprivileged children facing hardship in terms of hospital fees,” said Dinh Thi Kim Phan, teacher for child patients in the general medicine pediatrics department of the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital. … [Read more...] about Saigon man sends boatloads of hope to children with cancer

Deputy Minister of Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh said as the current ASEAN chair and a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, Vietnam is fulfilling its responsibilities in sharing experiences and boosting the global cooperation in fighting Covid-19. … [Read more...] about Cuba assists Vietnam with medical team, antiviral drug for Covid-19 fight