Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ambassadors of Russia and Chile havespoken highly of Vietnam’s experience and effective model in fighting theCOVID-19 epidemic, as the country has not recorded any new infection sinceApril 17 and 84 percent of the infected cases have recovered without any death.
Russian Ambassador Konstantin Vnukov noted the motto “fighting epidemic likefighting an enemy” of Vietnam, and stressed that the unanimity and support ofthe people, the observance of prevention measures, and enhanced sense ofresponsibility have produced good outcomes and the proud achievement atpresent.
Vietnam has put the epidemic under control thanks to concertedand uniform measures taken by from central to grassroots levels, he said.
The diplomat underlined the work of the “soldiers in white blouse”in the medical sector, as well as other forces in detecting, quarantining, localizing,stamping out outbreaks and treating infection cases, and preventing the spreadof the epidemic in the community.
He expressed the hope that Russia and Vietnam would continue pushing ahead withmutual support in the fight against the COVID-19.
Besides the anti-pandemic combat, the Russian Ambassadorappreciated Vietnam’s performance of international missions in the role ofChair of ASEAN in 2020 and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in2020-2021 tenure.
Chilean Ambassador Jaime Chomali said Vietnam has recorded no new infectionsover the past days, which showed that its efforts had produced persuasiveoutcomes. Therefore, the Chilean Embassy has studied Vietnam’s experience inCOVID-19 prevention and control in order to report to its government.
“The strict quarantine and monitoring of infected or suspectedcases, and mass testing are among factors behind Vietnam’s success,” he said.
He also suggested that in the context of “borderless” epidemicat present, Chile and Vietnam should maintain an open trade flow. He alsoexpressed a belief that Vietnam would see a more rapid and earlier economicrecovery than other regional countries next year./.
