Vietnamese, Lao health officials discuss ways to fight COVID-19
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and Lao Minister of Health Bounkong Syhavong have agreed to set up a connection system to provide technical assistance in the prevention and test of COVID-19 and treatment of patients.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) ꦆ– Vietnamese Deputy Minister of HealthNguyen Thanh Long and Lao Minister of Health Bounkong Syhavong have agreed to set up a connection system to provide technical assistance in the prevention and testof COVID-19 and treatment of patients.
During a teleconference on April 7, the officials also consented topropose the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) to support aconnection line for Laos, especially between hospitals of the two countries so that they can share experience andmethods in treating COVID-19 infection cases. Apart from a relief packagegiven to Laos in early April, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has also pledged toprovide its Lao counterpart with additional medical equipment such asdiagnostic tools, face masks, and protective clothing, Long said. He added that althoughVietnam has been damaged by the disease, the Ministry of Health still stays ready to offer all possible support toits Lao counterpart to push back the COVID-19 pandemic. Bounkong, for his part,thanked the Vietnamese Government and people for their assistance, saying that it has been a major source ofencouragement for the country in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic./.
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The border guard force in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum have coordinated with the police of Laos’ Attapeu province to bust a major drug trafficking ring.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung on April 3 handed over medical equipment worth over 7 billion VND (304,000 USD) as gifts from the Vietnamese Government and people to their Lao and Cambodian counterparts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 5 informed Vietnam citizens of new entry-exit regulations the Lao Government has issued as an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long (Photo: VNA) 
