Vietnam is currently the country with the second lowest ratio of COVID-19 infection cases among the total population in the Western Pacific region, with three cases per one million people, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 8 sent a message to a teleconference of heath ministers of the WHO western Pacific region themed “Stand in solidarity to combat COVID-19”.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is reaching its peak season in HCM City, with incidence doubling last month from August, according to the city Preventive Medicine Centre.
More than 5,000 soldiers from 32 countries took part in a naval exercise which began in Indonesia’s Padang port city, West Sumatra province, on April 12.
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