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Vietnam’s treatment for UN employee marks new milestone in bilateral ties

Vietnam’s successful treatment of a United Nations employee who contracted COVID-19 has marked a new step of development in the cooperation between the two sides, while proving the country’s increasingly important role in the regional and international arena, UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Kamal Malhotra has said.
Vietnam’s treatment for UN employee marks new milestone in bilateral ties ảnh 1Doctors at National Hospital for Tropical Diseases are treating a COVID-19 patient. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s successfultreatment of a United Nations employee who contracted COVID-19 has marked a newstep of development in the cooperation between the two sides, while proving thecountry’s increasingly important role in the regional and international arena, UNResident Coordinator in Vietnam Kamal Malhotra has said.

This is a historic, significant achievement, he toldthe Vietnam News Agency (VNA), adding that the UN would continue to holddiscussions with the Vietnamese government on turning the country into animportant and potential destination for patients under the UN EmergencyChartered Medical Evacuation Services (MEDEVAC) in the future.

Earlier, Vietnam, at the request of the UN, had receivedand successfully treated a UN staff member who contracted the coronavirus whileworking in a regional country and was in critical condition.

The patient was brought to Vietnam by a plane run bythe MEDEVAC, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Vietnam was once seen as a country that needs tosend its severe patients to other countries via the MEDEVAC mechanism such asSingapore and Thailand, the official said.

However, this is the first time the country hasadmitted a patient through the mechanism, especially in the context of thepandemic spread, he continued.

According to Malhotra, one of the reasons that theUN asked Vietnam to treat the UN staff member was the country’s good performancein COVID-19 prevention and control, with a low rate of infections, as well asits good medical services.
Vietnam’s treatment for UN employee marks new milestone in bilateral ties ảnh 2UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Kamal Malhotra (Photo: VNA)
The event is of historical significance as it tookplace at a time when Vietnam was holding the rotating UN Security Council (UNSC) presidency, the officialsaid, expressing his hope that there will be similar activities in the timeahead.

Regarding cooperation between the UN and theVietnamese government and competent agencies in the pandemic combat, Malhotrasaid both sides have acknowledged the important role of the other, with theVietnamese government playing crucial leadership.

Helping Vietnam build and roll out its vaccinationprogramme is a top priority of the UN in 2021, he affirmed, adding that the UNand relevant agencies will continue their assistance to Vietnam in vaccinesupply, and vaccine quality and safety control.

He also suggested the country should do better inexpanding vaccination coverage, and informed that the UN will make effort toprovide the country with vaccines enough to inoculate 20 percent of itspopulation by year-end./.

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