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☕ Afternoon briefing on February 27

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
☕ Afternoon briefing on February 27 ảnh 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a briefreview of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

- The Party and State always place people at the centre ofdevelopment, and caring for and improving people’s health is one of the importanttasks and top priorities of Vietnam’s development policy, President Vo VanThuong has affirmed.

He made the remarks while addressing a programmeheld in Hanoi on February 26 to honour health workers and present awards of thesixth writing contest named “Unsung Sacrifice” on the occasion of the 69thanniversary of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955 - 2024). Read full story

- Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on February 26 metwith leaders of the United Nations (UN) and heads of delegations to the 55thsession of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, whileattending the session.

At the meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Sonaffirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to and supports the centralrole of the UN in the global governance system and in solving commonchallenges. He called on the UN to continue to support Vietnam in developingthe country and contributing to building a peaceful, stable, and resilientAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) community. Read full story

- The official visit to Irelandon February 28-29 by Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son will mark a new stage ofdevelopment in bilateral relationship, developing it in a more intensive,effective and sustainable direction, especially in the fields of politics,diplomacy, economics, trade, investment, climate change response, green growth,education and training, and people-to-people exchanges

The statement was made by Vietnamese Ambassador tothe UK and Ireland Nguyen Hoang Long in an interview granted to the VietnamNews Agency on the threshold of the trip. Read full story

- Japan’s Vice Minister of Defence forInternational Affairs Serizawa Kiyoshi visited the Vietnam Department ofPeacekeeping Operations in Hanoi on February 27, during which the two sidessought cooperation opportunities in UN peacekeeping in the time ahead.  

Kiyoshi was in Hanoi to co-chair the 10thVietnam-Japan Defence Policy Dialogue at the deputy ministerial level, whichtook place later the same day. Read full story

- In recent years, the Vietnamese health sector’s position hasbeen increasingly affirmed thanks to outstanding advances in research,development and application of technology in many fields. In addition toachievements in laparoscopic surgery and organ transplantation, Vietnam is alsoholding a rising important position in the list of vaccine producers worldwide,according to experts.

Vietnam has continuously implemented and perfectedthe national immunisation system to prevent dangerous epidemics. Statistics ofthe Ministry of Health show that there are currently about 30 infectiousdiseases that can be prevented with vaccines. Read full story
☕ Afternoon briefing on February 27 ảnh 2Doctors at Military Hospital 103 perform an organ transplant (Photo: VNA)
- Vietnam’s recent achievements in organ transplant have madethe country one of the bright spots in Southeast Asia and Asia in this field.

On February 9, or the last day of the Year of theCat, doctors of the Central Lung Hospital performed a double lung transplant ona 21-year-old patient. This is the most difficult among the organ transplanttechniques. Read full story

- Banks are expecting an improvement in credit growth fromthe second quarter of 2024, especially now that loan interest rates have decreased,exports gradually recovered, and domestic consumption increased.

The State Bank of Vietnam said that as of January31, deposit and loan interest rates had been cut down by 0.15% and 0.25% peryear, respectively, compared to the end of 2023. Read full story

- An official of the Ministry of Health has called digitaltransformation in health care an irreversible trend.

Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Le Thu Hang, DeputyDirector of the Department of Financial Planning, held that the FourthIndustrial Revolution and smart medical solutions will help Vietnam concertedlyimprove its health coverage, service quality, and medical costs, dubbed thethree vertices of a triangle, which remains a hard nut to crack for everyhealth system. Read full story

- Vietnam has invested over 3.7 billion USD in 110 projectsin the Lao and Cambodian provinces located in the three countries’ DevelopmentTriangle so far, statistics show.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment(MPI) revealed the data at the 13th conference on trade, investment, andtourism promotion for the Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangleheld in Attapeu province of Laos on February 27./. Read full story
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