British Ambassador Gareth Ward visits the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Tropical Diseases
(Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Tropical Diseases)
Meeting with the hospital’s management, the ambassador said he completely believes in the qualification and ethics of the doctors at the hospital which is described as one of the leading hospitals in combating COVID-19 in Vietnam.
The ambassador visited several departments at the hospital, especially the testing department which has performed more than 15,000 RT-PCR tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus since the COVID-19 epidemic broke out in Vietnam.
He also visited the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) which has been collaborating with the hospital in carrying out research projects on infectious diseases since 1991.
In the context of the complex nature of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, the British Ambassador said the British Embassy will work closely with the Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City to provide better health care for both British and Vietnamese citizens.
The British pilot, a 43-year-old man, had stayed at the HCM City-based Hospital of Tropical Diseases for COVID-19 treatment for 65 days. He had to battle for life as his lungs were seriously damaged due to infection complications. He was put on ECMO, a life support machine, to save his life.
He has gradually recovered since he was transferred to Cho Ray hospital, also in Ho Chi Minh City. He now can breathe unaided, walk, communicate well with others, and have been practicing physical therapy before being discharged from hospital.
Over 130 Vietnamese citizens from Malaysia and Africa brought home
Vietnamese and Ethiopian flag carriers brought home over 130 Vietnamese citizens from Nigeria, Cameroon and Malaysia from June 24th-25th.
Vietnamese citizens stranded in Africa before returning home (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
On June 24th, 90 Vietnamese citizens in Nigeria and Cameroon, with support from the Vietnamese Embassy in Nigeria and local authorities, moved to Lagos city, Nigeria, then boarded a flight operated by the Ethiopian flag carrier to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and Vietnam Airlines took them along with over 40 Vietnamese workers stranded in the country to the homeland on June 25th.
After landing at Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh, they were put under quarantine in line with regulations.
Fepresentative Vietnamese agencies and domestic airlines will run more flights to bring citizens homes based on the epidemic situation at home and abroad and quarantine capacity in localities./.
Industrial zones lure 6 billion UDS in FDI in six months
Vietnam attracted 335 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects into industrial zones (IZs) and economic zones (EZs) in the first half of the year with newly registered and added capital reaching 6 billion USD.
Photo for illustration (Source: tuoitrethudo.com.vn)
The information was announced by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).
The number of FDI projects up to June stood at approximately 9,835 capitalized at roughly 197.8 billion USD of which about 72.3% has been disbursed, according to the report of the MPI.
For domestic investment projects, both IZs and EZs nationwide have attracted some 282 projects in six months with total newly registered and increased capital hitting 2.7 billion USD.
They brought the cumulative number of domestic investment projects to 9,650, boasting a total investment figure of about 99.6 million USD with disbursed investment capital making up 46.3%.
According to the MPI, by the end of June, 336 industrial zones have been established in Vietnam, covering a total area of 98,000ha./.