Assistant to the Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu (C) at a meeting with WHO Director-Geenral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva on March 6Geneva (VNA)
– Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised Vietnam’s early, effective measures against COVID-19, especially political commitments of senior leaders and the resolve of agencies and localities in the disease combat.
He
made the praise at a meeting with Assistant to the ese Foreign
Minister Pham Quang Hieu in Geneva on March 6, where the WHO chief appreciated
Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship as well as the fruitful coordination between ASEAN
member countries in the fight against the epidemic.
Ghebreyesus said he had recommended the African Union to learn from the ASEAN’s
coordination model in disease control.
stands ready to further cooperate and share relevant information, assessments
and research outcomes with countries, he pledged.
For
his part, Hieu thanked the organisation for its close cooperation and support for Vietnam’s health sector, especially in public health care, disease
prevention and the improvement of the capacity of health workers at different
levels.
He
informed the WHO Director General about Vietnam’s comprehensive countermeasures
and ASEAN cooperation in the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 ().
Hieu
was in Geneva from March 4-6 to attend sessions of the UN Human Rights Council
and the Conference on Disarmament./.
Source: VietnamPlus
