Today: 19/03/2024 09:47:07 (GMT+7)
THE SPECIALIZED PAGE OF BAC GIANG NEWSPAPER ONLINE

ASEAN, EU step up cooperation in fighting COVID-19 pandemic

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, in his capacity as ASEAN 2020 Chair, has affirmed that Vietnam will continue working closely with ASEAN member states, partners, the World Health Organisation and the international community in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

During an ASEAN-EU ministerial teleconference on cooperation in coping with the epidemic on March 20, Minh informed participants about ASEAN’s active and timely response to the outbreak in the spirit of “Cohesive and Responsive” as the theme for the ASEAN Year 2020.

ASEAN, EU, step up cooperation, fighting COVID-19 pandemic, international community, disease control and treatment

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at the meeting.

ASEAN has shown the highest determination to combat the epidemic by issuing the ASEAN Chair’s Statement, and statements of ministers in charge of national defence, economy and tourism on measures to jointly fight COVID-19.

Vietnam also chaired a meeting of the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Council to coordinate efforts of the bloc, he said, adding that active efforts of the ASEAN Community have brought about positive results with low rate of deaths compared to other regions in the world.

In the near future, ASEAN will continue stepping up specific actions and cooperating with partners in the regard, he said.

Minh suggested the EU offer technical assistance and partner in scientific research on the disease control and treatment, thus mitigating its socio-economic impacts.

ASEAN and EU agreed to enhance the sharing of information and experience, policy consultation, especially in diagnosis, treatment and vaccine production.

Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel proposed that ASEAN countries make it easier for EU citizens travelling in Southeast Asia to return home.

ASEAN member countries also wished that the EU would provide treatment for their infected citizens living and working in Europe.

Covid-19 forces voting for popular music awards to go online for first time
Close to 100 reporters in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will vote online for the 15th edition of the Devotion Music Awards run by Vietnam News Agency’s Sport & Culture newspaper, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organising board said on March 19.
 
Vietnam Ancestral Global Day to be celebrated online due to Covid-19
The Vietnam Ancestral Global Day will be celebrated online due to the complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
 
Youth members at provincial Military Command support Tan My Kindergarten School to prevent Covid-19 epidemic
(BGO) – The Youth Union at the Bac Giang provincial Military Command on March 17 organized a hike to support Tan My Kindergarten School in Covid-19 prevention and control in response to the Youth Month 2020 and celebrate 75 founding anniversary of the provincial armed force.
 
Bac Giang provides online instruction of Covid-19 diagnosis and treatment
(BGO) – The Department of Health in Bac Giang province on March 16 organized an online training course to instruct the Covid-19 diagnosis and treatment to the officers, doctors and nurses on duty of disease prevention and control at the state and private medical facilities and centers in the province.  
 
Provinces close tourist sites to prevent COVID-19
Several provinces and cities across the country have temporarily closed tourist sites to prevent the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
 

Source: VNA

ASEAN, EU, step up cooperation, fighting COVID-19 pandemic, international community, disease control and treatment
 
New comment has just been added. Click here
Sort:NewBest News