This is my first time in Việt Nam, and I suppose it's a very emotional trip because when I was a small child in the UK growing up, my father, who is a teacher, talked about Việt Nam. When you came here, what was for you the most substantial difference between the Việt Nam in your picture and the Việt Nam that you have seen for yourself? In light of the recent global pandemic, what lessons have we as humans learned about pandemic preparedness? We would probably say it was the most severe pandemic since the influenza pandemic of 1918. And you can't predict, if you could predict the next pandemic, if you could just predict the timing of it, you'd be very, very, very rich indeed — because everybody would want your knowledge.

Source: Viet Nam News December 13, 2023 11:36 UTC