A man is seen cheering happily after lockdown was lifted in Ha Loi village on the outskirts of Hanoi on May 6. (Photo: VNA)
Seoul (VNA) – ChosunBiz, a newspaper in theRepublic of Korea, on May 6 run a story highlighting Vietnam’s successes incontaining the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnam Television reported on April 29 that Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc declared Vietnam has basically put the COVID-19 outbreak undercontrol, the first country ever to do so in the world, the newspaper said.
The statement was made about three months after the firstpositive case was confirmed (January 22), marking a turning point in the globalfight against the pandemic, it said.
Vietnam is among the most successful countries in curbingthe disease, it wrote. The country’s population is close to 100 million but itonly reported 270 infections, including imported cases, and zero deaths.
The Vietnamese government’s determination to combat theCOVID-19 has early earned strong trust from global investors, it said. SamsungElectronics had to suspend operation in many of its factories around the worldbut production has still remained in Vietnam./.
