Preparations for 13th National Party Congress basically completed On January 22, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong inspected the preparations for the 13th National Party Congress, which is scheduled to begin next week at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi. Vuong, who is also head of the organising board of the congress, supervised the rehearsal of the flag-salute ceremony, music performances, film screenings and taking photos of congress delegates. The Party official was reported that all the preparations for the congress have been basically completed, from security to logistics and reception. Security for delegates and guests is being ensured strictly and at the highest level. He reiterated that there should be no mistakes in ensuring the success of the congress, calling for the joint efforts of the entire Party and people for the upcoming important political event. Gifts presented to needy people as Tet draws near Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung presents gifts to needy people and policy beneficiaries in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province on January 20 Officials have paid visits to ethnic minorities, poor workers, and policy beneficiaries nationwide ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour have also offered free air and bus tickets to trade union members and employees in difficult circumstances to help them return home to celebrate Tet with their families. On the occasion, Tet gifts have been also presented to policy families, local authorities, border soldiers and the local people in border and remotes areas across the country in order to help them celebrate a warm and happy Tet festival. Vietnam becomes China’s sixth largest trading partner Vietnam became the sixth largest trading partner of China in 2020, up two places compared with 2019. According to preliminary statistics from Vietnam Customs, two-way …
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PM gives Tet present Vietnam football head coach Coach Park Hang-seo The head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, Park Hang-seo has just received a present from PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc for the Lunar New Year Festival. The head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, Park Hang-seo has just received a present from PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc for the Lunar New Year Festival. Coach Park Hang-seo said that he would come back to work soon and try to work hard to improve the national team’s results. Coach Park Hang-seo arrived in Hanoi on February 3 after a holiday in his home country of South Korea. He was now on a 21-day quarantine period for Covid-19 prevention following regulations from the Vietnamese government. Under the leadership of coach Park Hang-seo, the Vietnamese national football team finished as runners-up at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship, champions of the AFF Cup 2018, qualified in semi-finals of the 18th Asian Games and made the 2019 Asian Cup quarter-finals. PM calls for strong local COVID-19 response Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, and other major cities where COVID-19 cases have been confirmed should take strong measures to effectively prevent the spread of the pandemic within the community, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on February 8. Such measures include social distancing in line with the PM’s Directives No 15 and 16 in case of a worsening situation, the PM said at an online meeting of permanent Cabinet members. The Ministry of Health (MoH) pointed out the high risk of the pandemic spreading as there remain sources of infections yet to be detected in major cities, especially in baggage and cargo handling services at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport. It reported that all 7,300 employees at the airport have been tested and five of them were positive for the coronavirus. Twenty-four related cases were also found later. The pandemic has been basically contained in …
Another nCoV patient in Vietnam to be discharged from hospital
The Hanoitimes - The patient was one of Vietnam's first confirmed cases of nCoV infection after it was first detected in Wuhan in China last December. Chinese patient Li Ding, 66, who was one of the first confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus (nCoV) in Vietnam and underwent treatment at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, has recently tested negative for the virus, Hanoimoi reported. According to Director of the Ministry of Health's Medical Services Administration Luong Ngoc Khue, Li Ding has regained consciousness and can breathe by himself. The isolation area where two Chinese coronavirus-infected patients were treated at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Zing Khue said that the result came from the great efforts of the medical team because Li Ding caught nCoV while he had just recovered from a lung cancer surgery in 2018. The patient has type 2 diabetes and suffers cardiovascular disease. "We keep monitoring the patient and ask the Central Steering Committee for nCoV Prevention for permission to discharge him from hospital soon," Khue said. The man was one of Vietnam's first confirmed cases of nCoV infection after it was first detected in Wuhan in China last December. Ding arrived in Hanoi from Wuhan with his wife on January 13 before flying to Nha Trang four days later and developing a fever. Earlier, his son, Zichao, developed a fever on January 20, three days after his father. Both were admitted to Cho Ray Hospital on January 22. Ding’s wife tested negative for the virus. Vietnam has reported 15 cases of infection, of them six have recovered and been discharged from hospital. As of February 11, the number of nCoV infections reached 43,104 globally while the death toll has risen to 1,018, including two outside China. …
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