April 30, 2020 | 19:15 (GMT+7)
Vietnam attends ASEAN-U.S. health ministers' meeting
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on April 30 joined health officials of other ASEAN member nations and the U.S. in the ASEAN-U.S. Health Ministers Meeting via video conference.
In his speech, Long shared Vietnam’s experience in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the leadership role of the entire political system, and the Government’s drastic direction with a strategy “proactive prevention - early detection - quarantine and treatment.”
Vietnam has well controlled the pandemic thanks to the participation of authorities at all levels and mobilization of all resources on the spot, he said.
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Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long speaks at the conference. |
Long spoke highly of the U.S.'s cooperation with and support to ASEAN member states through the sharing of information, disease response strategies, research on vaccine and medicine for COVID-19 patient treatment, and building a regional disease control model.
Participants updated information about the disease, and measures and activities the countries have been implementing to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
They also proposed medical cooperation plans in general and coordination in the fight against the pandemic in particular.
Source: VNA