Vietnam, Italy talk use of stem cells in COVID-19 treatment
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Rome (VNA) – A webinar on the application of stem cells in COVID-19 treatment was held on December 27. Speaking at the event, Director of Italy’s national emergency service 118 Mario Balzanelli said amid the rapid spread of Omicron variant so far, the best method is the earliest intervention, quarantine and treatment of infection cases. (Photo: VNA)Apart from traditional regimen, autologous stem cells could be used in treatment, he said, adding that many patients recovered without lung scars left after 30 days of therapy. The Vietnamese and Italian doctors also presented the application of stem cells in medicine and COVID-19 treatment. The event was the second of its kind to share Italy’s experience in caring and treating COVID-19 patients./.
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December 27, 2021 15:52 UTC
Vietnam preparing personnel for higher posts in UN peacekeeping missions
Vietnamese UN peacekeepers (Photo: VNA)Colonel Mac Duc Trong , deputy head of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (Photo: VNA)Vietnam's sapper unit No.1 and level-2 field hospital No.4 make their debut (Photo: VNA)- Vietnam needs to prepare personnel to meet the requirements of higher positions in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions, and continue to send candidates, especially female staff, to the UN headquarters, Colonel Mac Duc Trong, deputy head of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations , has said.Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, Trong stressed the need to participate more in UN peacekeeping operations, and deploy tasks in several tasks such as logistics, liaison and military police, adding that this is a long-term goal set out by the department.According to him, participating in UN peacekeeping operations is a major policy of the Vietnamese Party and State, and also an important task of the Vietnam People's Army in the new period, contributing to realising the foreign policy of peace, cooperation, development, multilateralisation and diversification of international relations.Vietnam's engagement in UN peacekeeping operations over the past seven years has achieved many positive results, and at the same time opened up many new directions of deployment, becoming a prominent mark in diplomatic defence, he stated.The colonel said that recently, for the first time, Vietnam made debut a sapper unit to participate in UN peacekeeping, marking a new development step in expertise and level.Compared to the level-2 field hospitals Vietnam has deployed before, the sapper unit is larger in number with 184 professional officers and soldiers. In terms of equipment, the unit will deploy about 2,000 tonnes of equipment to the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), including around 150 machines.In the coming time, the set goal is to successfully deploy Vietnam's first sapper unit to the UN peacekeeping mission and complete all the tasks assigned by the UN for the humanitarian mission.Vietnam must continue to keep up the good quality of its level-2 field hospitals to maintain the existing reputation among the missions, he added./.
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December 27, 2021 15:00 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES DECEMBER 27
Accordingly, the Covid-19 pandemic level in the city continues to remain at level 2 - the medium risk level or the yellow zone. At the commune level, the city has 160 places at pandemic level 1, 139 at level 2, and 13 at level 3. Vietnamese ministry hands over first village police station to LaosThe first village police station built with support from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in Laos was inaugurated in Nonghet village of Nonghet district, Xiengkhouang province, on December 25. HCMC to implement policies to protect vulnerable people after pandemicHCMC is collecting feedback on its policies to safeguard the vulnerable after the Covid-19 pandemic. This aims to simplify procedures and effectively fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
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December 27, 2021 10:07 UTC
Vietnam’s economy sailing through COVID-19 storm
Vietnam has shifted its strategy from “zero COVID-19” to safely and flexibly adapting to and effectively controlling the pandemic, helping to maintain economic activities. Such policies and strategies have consolidated public confidence in the Government, and encouraged them to join hands in pandemic containment and economic development. As a result, in the first nine months of this year, the national GDP was up only 1.42 percent. For a firm macro foundation, the country has issued unprecedented incentives for people and businesses affected by COVID-19, and made timely adjustments to policies. Each locality has also adopted their own ways in implementing policies and guidelines of the Government to achieve the dual goals of pandemic combat and economic development.
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December 27, 2021 05:19 UTC
Love sent to soldiers on Vietnam’s islands
Before each Tet, the Youth Club for the Homeland’s Seas and Islands rushes to prepare gifts for soldiers on duty on Vietnam’s islands. Letters from children on the mainland, with simple yet sincere words, make the soldiers feel delighted and moved. Tonnes of gifts and essential goods for Tet are packaged for delivery to soldiers on duty on the islands. The 2022 Lunar New Year is just around the corner. These Tet gifts are lovingly sent to soldiers contributing to firmly protecting national sovereignty over Vietnam’s seas and islands./.
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December 26, 2021 23:32 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES DECEMBER 26
If those on entry want to extend their stay in Vietnam, they must follow current immigration and COVID-19 control regulations, the ministry added. They reprimanded member of the Party Delegation, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the VRCS Central Committee Nguyen Hai Anh. Both artists left Vietnam for Spain on December 17 and spent several days training before the contest. Miss World Vietnam 2022 pageant launchedThe Miss World Vietnam 2022 pageant officially got underway with a press conference held by Sen Vang Entertainment Company in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22 to launch the contest. Following this, the HCM City Department of Health has instructed localities to speed up the third Covid-19 vaccine jab.
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December 26, 2021 21:12 UTC
Vietnam has 23 more national treasures
An ancient bronze drum discovered in Lao Cai province (File photo: VNA)Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision to recognise 23 more national treasures.They include Gia Phu bronze drum belonging to Dong Son culture dating back to the second and third centuries B.C; bronze rice cylinder container of Dong Son culture , Giong Lon golden masks of the first and third centuries B.C, which are conserved in the museums of Lao Cai, Quang Ninh and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces, respectively.A statue of God Vishnu Binh Hoa in the 6th-7th century, Go Thanh collection of elephant-shaped gold leaves in the 6th-8th centuries, A10 My Son pedestal at the My Son World Cultural Heritage Site in Quang Nam province, and An Bien collection of white-glazed porcelain, among others, also earned the national treasure title.The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, chairs of people’s committees of provinces holding national treasures , and heads of ministry-level agencies are required to manage national treasures in line with legal regulations on cultural heritages within their authority./.
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December 26, 2021 10:54 UTC
HSBC optimistic about Vietnam’s economy
Vietnam’s economy should get back to GDP growth of 6.8 per cent next year, which will be driven by a return of strong foreign direct investment into the market, mainly focusing on the manufacturing sector, according to HSBC Vietnam. HSBC Vietnam said this would benefit Vietnam’s exports, especially as free trade agreements that have been signed over the past two years start to bear fruit. The continued expansion of the middle class and in particular the rising affluent sector will lead to changes in consumption as Vietnamese people start spending more and more on leisure and travel. Infrastructure roll-out will also continue to fuel economic activities especially in the renewable/green arena given the strong ambitions made by the Vietnamese Government following the recent 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, the UK./.
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December 26, 2021 00:57 UTC
Vietnamese ministry hands over first village police station to Laos
– The first village police station built with support from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in Laos was inaugurated in Nonghet village of Nonghet district, Xiengkhouang province, on December 25.It is one of the 287 facilities the MPS is building in the 10 Lao provinces bordering Vietnam.Vietnamese Deputy Minister Lt. Gen. Nguyen Duy Ngoc applauded efforts by the public security forces and administrations of the countries’ border provinces to promote the construction and unveil the first station only more than one month since the project began on November 12. The building of the village police station s comes as part of a document signed in Vientiane on August 9 supplementing the two ministries’ cooperation plan.He asked police of the 10 Vietnamese provinces bordering Laos to work closely with their Lao counterparts to accelerate the construction with the highest quality and put the remainders into use in early 2022 as scheduled.Lao Deputy Minister of Public Security Lt. Gen. Thonglek Mangnomek described the Vietnamese ministry’s assistance in building the village police stations as a demonstration of the close-knit and special ties between the public security forces of the two countries.He affirmed that the stations will greatly help to guarantee security and order in Laos, including in the countries’ shared border areas, thereby contributing to peace in each nation, as well as the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam./.
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December 25, 2021 22:58 UTC
Conference seeks measures for tourism recovery, development
Participants in the tourism conference in Nghe An province on December 25 (Photo: VNA)– A conference was held in Cua Lo beach town, the central province of Nghe An, on December 25 to look into the tourism industry under the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact and discuss ways to promote this sector’s recovery and development in the time ahead.The hybrid event was attended by Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, officials of central agencies and localities, along with representatives of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), and hundreds of experts, enterprises, and organisations operating in the tourism sector.Nguyen Dac Vinh, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Cultural and Education Affairs, said affected by COVID-19, Vietnam’s tourism has been facing unprecedented difficulties over the last nearly two years. As the pandemic is gradually being brought under control, the tourism sector and the economy as a whole are taking steps to surmount hardships, but the path to tourism recovery and flexible and safe adaptation to the outbreak remains full of challenges.Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet noted Vietnam welcomed just 3.7 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2020, dropping 80 percent year on year, while the number of domestic visitors stood at 56 million, down 34 percent, and tourism revenue also plunged 59 percent to 312.2 trillion VND (13.6 billion USD).This year, the fourth wave of infections nationwide led to a stagnation in socio-economic activities of many localities for months. The country stayed closed to international tourists, and domestic travellers continued declining by almost 30 percent from the same period of 2020.Viet noted that to help the tourism industry overcome the current trying time and resume development, the parliament and Government should promote the tourism recovery and development programme, which is part of the socio-economic recovery and development programme for 2022 - 2023; continue assisting businesses and workers in this sector; issue new mechanisms and policies facilitating tourism; boost the attraction of investment to nighttime, ecological, leisure, and community-based tourism; step up digital transformation in tourism; and make plans on developing tourism personnel in the new normal context./.
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December 25, 2021 14:10 UTC
Daredevil Giang brothers break world record in Spain
The duo originally set a world record in 2016 when they climbed 90 stairs of the cathedral in 52 seconds. Guinness World Records proposed adding 10 more steps this time and the Vietnamese duo agreed to take on the new challenge. Both artists left Vietnam for Spain on December 17 and spent several days training before the contest. Strict COVID-19 prevention measures adopted by the Spanish Government, including the closure of fitness clubs, affected their training. But their efforts paid off when the artists finished climbing up 100 steps in 53 seconds.
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December 24, 2021 23:41 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES DECEMBER 24
PM orders completion of COVID-19 vaccine second dose by year’s endPrime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked localities to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations as the pandemic rages on across the nation and infections continue to rise. The Ministry of Health ordered localities to review and reflect, as well as fix problems in the management and treatment of COVID patients. Northern and north-central Vietnam will start experiencing biting cold weather between December 26 and 28. The health centre will verify information about the cases such as address, phone number and test results and immediately respond to any data errors within 24 hours. Ho Chi Minh City has been the hardest-hit locality since the fourth virus wave hit Vietnam in late April, with over 500,000 cases.
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December 24, 2021 14:53 UTC
Vietnam has 320 food product codes licensed for export to China
Lorries carrying exports to China via Kim Thanh International Border Gate No. 2 in Lao Cai province (Photo: VNA)– Vietnamese businesses had 320 codes of agricultural and food products licensed to be exported to China as of 11am on December 24, according to the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point ( SPS Vietnam ).SPS Vietnam said the Chinese General Administration of Customs is still updating the list of the licensed codes and businesses on https://ciferquery.singlewindow.cn/, so enterprises can check information on this website.It added the food exporters that haven’t applied for licenses can submit applications to competent agencies of China or via the websites http://cifer.singlewindow.vn/ and http://singlewindow.cn/.From January 1, 2022, foreign businesses producing food for export to China will have to print the commodity codes granted by China Customs or authorised agencies of Vietnam both inside and on the product packages.SPS Vietnam recommended enterprises stay updated with information about the codes so as not to affect the shipment to China.Vietnam exported over 50.16 billion USD worth of goods to China between January and November, up 16.1 percent from a year earlier, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.By the end of November, China was the second largest destination of Vietnamese commodities, following the US. It also ranked second among importers of agro-forestry-fishery products from Vietnam, with import turnover of 8.4 billion USD during the period./.
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December 24, 2021 09:47 UTC
Portal launched to support business community
– A business information portal was launched on December 23 with a view to helping address difficulties faced by enterprises, assisting policymaking, and proposing support measures for the development of businesses.The portal, at https://business.gov.vn , was launched by the Agency for Enterprise Development (AED) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the German Agency for International Cooperation GIZ ).AED Director Le Manh Hung said the information explosion generates both opportunities and challenges and open up new business chances for enterprises. Given this, it is an urgent need to develop a multidimensional, diverse, timely, and precise information channel connecting the State with businesses, as well as businesses with one another.The portal will also link Vietnamese businesses with foreign partners, show the country’s activeness in operating ASEAN ACCESS - a portal connecting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in ASEAN, and help domestic firms stretch their reach to other regions around the globe, he added.Sebastian Paust, First Counsellor and head of the development cooperation division at the German Embassy in Vietnam, said the portal is a comprehensive and friendly platform basing on which SMEs, State-owned firms, and the business community at large can access important information and data, along with support services.Paust noted by applying modern technology, the highly open portal is frequently updated to meet businesses’ demand for all-round and precise information about support policies.He also considered the launch as a timely and practical move by the Vietnamese Government to assist SMEs in line with the 2018 Law on Support for SMEs./.
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December 24, 2021 01:51 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES DECEMBER 23
Vietnam wins three golds at 2021 Asian Karate ChampionshipThe Vietnamese team won three gold medals at the 2021 Asian Karate Championship in Kazakhstan which concluded on December 22. The second prize of 7,000 USD was awarded to a project of CRE Vietnam which aims to prevent transmission of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in hospitals. The event is as part of the National Tourism Year - Ninh Binh 2021. Vietnam recorded 2,915 cyberattacks in the first six months of 2021, an increase of 898 compared with the same period last year. “Hat boi”, a traditional performance art of Vietnam, has a rich historical foundation, and quite an influence on the community.
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December 23, 2021 10:18 UTC