(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen shared Vietnam’s experience in realising the twin target of curbing the COVID-19 pandemic and sustaining economic growth, at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting held in Bangkok on August 25 - 26.
 Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen (photo: VOV) |
At a roundtable discussion about global health security, Deputy Minister Tuyen highlighted Vietnam’s experience in COVID-19 prevention and control. He stressed that Vietnam has obtained many significant achievements in various fields, including sustaining economic growth.
Thanks to the application of drastic and effective solutions, the COVID-19 pandemic has been placed under control nationwide, the macro-economy kept stable, major balanced ensured, and people’s life increasingly improved, while production and businesses activities have returned to pre-pandemic levels, he said.
Tuyen said Vietnam has also proactively assisted other countries facing difficulties in pandemic response and economic recovery.
At the discussion, participants also shared their economies’ integrated policies on COVID-19 response. They also scrutinised the draft HLM12 Chair statement, which will be reported to the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting this November.