More than 21,000 people die from Covid, 138 Vietnamese senior officials were still praised for “excellent epidemic prevention”

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138 senior Vietnamese officials including Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son, directors, deputy directors, etc. of the Ministry of Health and leaders of hospitals, departments/departments were awarded certificates by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 18, 2021 for “excellent achievements in the prevention and control of COVID-19.”

Although, Vietnam has so far had more than 21,000 people die from COVID-19 in only the fourth outbreak since the end of April.

In the list published by the Government Information page together with the Prime Minister’s decision to award certificates of merit, there are notable names such as: Dr. Ha Anh Duc – Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Health, three heads of the Department of HIV Prevention and Control. /AIDS and the Department of Environment and Department of Medical Examination and Treatment under the Ministry of Health together with the deputy directors.

Two officials in the Department of Communication and Emulation and Commendation of the Ministry of Health, Mr. Vu Manh Cuong – Deputy Director of the Department and an expert namely Ms. Hoang Thi Khanh Phuong – are also on the list of commendations.

Thoibao.de (Translated)

Source: https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/news/vietnamnews/nearly-140-agency-chiefs-get-praise-for-excellent-covid-19-fighting-measures-in-spite-of-more-than-21-thousand-deaths-10192021073747.html