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THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE
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No. 28/TB-VPCP
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THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness
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Hanoi, January 28, 2022
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NOTICE
On the conclusion of the Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the online meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control with localities on COVID-19 prevention and control on the occasion of the Lunar New Year
On the morning of January 27, 2022, at the Government headquarters, the Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control chaired an online meeting with localities on disease prevention and control during the Lunar New Year. Attending the meeting at the Government headquarters, there were the Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, the Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh, the Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, the Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son, the Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, the Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, the Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, the Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The; leaders of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilization and Commission for Propaganda and Training; the Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, the General Director of Voice of Vietnam, the General Director of Vietnam Television, the General Director of Vietnam News Agency; representatives of the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. In localities, heads and members of provincial and municipal-level Steering Committees for COVID-19 Prevention and Control attended the meeting via video conferencing while leaders of the Government’s Special Working Group on COVID-19 prevention and control attended the virtual meeting in Ho Chi Minh City.
After listening to the report of the Minister of Health, opinions of local leaders and attendances, and opinions of the Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh, the Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh concluded as follows:
1. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be put under control nationwide as the number of severe cases and fatalities has seen a remarkable drop (the death rate over the total number of cases decreased from 2.4% to 1.2%). Socio-economic activities have progressively recovered and developed. The above achievements are obtained due to the following main reasons: (1) There were the timely and thorough leadership of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, especially the General Secretary; the drastic and synchronous participation of the whole political system, the consensus and support from all walks of people and business communities; (2) Over the past 2 years of disease prevention and control, we have gradually established and completed a system of principles and measures to prevent and control the pandemic in a scientific, appropriate, effective and close-to-reality manner, in which it attaches great importance to 3 major pillars (quarantine - testing - treatment), the formula “5K + vaccines and special medicines + treatment measures + technology + raising people’s awareness + other measures”, gaining a lot of invaluable experience; (3) In particular, the vaccine strategy has been drastically, promptly and effectively implemented (establishing a vaccine fund, implementing vaccine diplomacy, and launching the largest-ever free vaccination campaign in Vietnam).
