ANNOUNCEMENT

CONCLUSION OF THE PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN XUAN PHUC AT THE STANDING GOVERNMENT MEETING ABOUT COVID-19 PREVENTION AND CONTROL

In the morning of May 15, 2020, the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a Standing Government meeting about COVID-19 prevention and control. The meeting were attended by Deputy Prime Ministers: Truong Hoa Binh, Pham Binh Minh, Vu Duc Dam, Trinh Dinh Dung; Minister, Chairperson of Government Office Mai Tien Dung, Minister of Information and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung, Deputy Chief of Central Office Nguyen Dac Vinh, representatives of the Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children of the National Assembly, Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the People’s Committee of Hanoi, the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and members of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.

After hearing the report of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, opinions of the Deputy Prime Ministers and other participants, the Prime Minister expressed the following opinions:

1. Recently, central and local authorities have made efforts to implement anti-covid measures while restoring socio-economic activities, ensuring social security and have has initially achieved the dual goals set by the Government. Up until now, the whole country has no more Covid-19 cases. Vietnam has put the disease under control while actively implementing measures to boost production and business, disburse public investment capital, promote import and export, and gradually restore socio-economic activities.

The Prime Minister appreciates that central and local authorities, especially the health sector, have put the disease under control; national defense forces have effectively quarantined entrants, thereby preventing the disease from spreading in the community; the education sector has well organized the safe reopening of schools, etc.

2. Continue to utilize the strength of the entire political system, promote solidarity and determination to overcome difficulties, innovation and creativity in achieve the dual goals: boost socio-economic development while effectively prevent and control Covid-19 in the new normal, ensuring peaceful life of the people.

3. Health workers, military, police forces and the authorities at all level must not be overconfident and neglect epidemic prevention tasks, especially in key areas, major and highly populated cities; be prepared to respond to any epidemic situation; strictly prevent a new wave of Covid-19.

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Military, police and health sectors shall continue to strictly control entry; strictly implement concentrated quarantine to prevent community infection. Investors, technical experts, skilled workers, business managers, officials on duty, foreign students studying in Vietnam will be allowed to enter Vietnam but they must be quarantined properly. Continue to strictly control entry by local trails and border crossings along the road border.

5. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall advise overseas Vietnamese nationals to delay their return to Vietnam and implement anti-covid measures of the host country instead; only permit entry of special cases such as students under 18 years of age, people who need to undergo medical examination or treatment, tourists, people whose work trip periods have expired; the criteria for repatriation to Vietnam must be published; organize the repatriation following an appropriate, open and transparent roadmap.

6. The health sector, especially public health facilities, and the authorities shall maintain rapid response teams to promptly response to any issue that arises; intensify application of technological tools serving Covid-19 prevention and control such as Bluezone, nCoV, etc.; continue to speedup the research into Covid-19 drugs and vaccines, complete the Covid-19 treatment regimen, make health records of the people.

The Ministry of Health shall consider and early propose the announcement of the end of Covid-19 and the strategy for Covid-19 prevention and control for the new period, which will be long-term, medically effective and economically sustainable.

7. Strictly handle fake news about Covid-19 prevention and control.

8. Ministries, central and local authorities shall strictly implement anti-covid measures in production and business operation; pay particular attention to good management and facilitation but still ensure strict quarantine of experts, skilled workers and managers who are permitted to enter Vietnam.

9. Ministries, central and local authorities shall promptly provide social security packages for intended beneficiaries; prevent loss and abuse of the assistance policies; praise people who relinquish their assistance packages to less fortunate people. Representatives of the authorities must not force people to sign waivers of assistance. Anyone who does this will face severe consequences.

10. Strongly promote production and business; promote and attract investment, export and import; pay attention to boost export of goods that are medical devices, facemasks, SARS-CoV2 test kits.

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health shall promote international cooperation in COVID-19 prevention and control, including donation, provision of medical devices, facemasks, test kits, ventilators, etc. for other countries, especially African countries, thereby improve the position of Vietnam.

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12. The Prime Minister appreciates that Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front and Local Vietnamese Fatherland Fronts have encouraged the people to donate to the Covid-19 prevention and control efforts. This is very effective and meaningful. The Ministry of Health shall cooperate with the Ministry of Finance in proposing to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and President of the Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front Tran Thanh Man a specific plan for allocation and use of the dedicated funding for Covid-19 prevention and control, ensuring transparency and fairness. Part of this funding shall be used to assist overseas Vietnamese nationals in other countries, including those in Laos and Cambodia.

13. The sectors, first of all the health sector and the military, shall take the first step in settlement of the dedicated funding for Covid-19 prevention and control; ensure conformity with regulations and avoid violations.

14. Health officials and participants in Covid-19 prevention and control shall continue to be entitled to allowances as per regulations.

15. The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control shall maintain operation. First of all, organize summarization of the first step of COVID-19 prevention and control tasks; propose awards for organizations and individuals that have considerable contribution to the COVID-19 prevention and control efforts recently.

The Government agrees to reduce the frequency of meetings of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control. Standing Government shall have periodic meetings with the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control every one or two weeks in order to resolve majors issues that arise.

For your information and compliance./.

MINISTER, CHAIRPERSON




Mai Tien Dung

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Thông báo 182/TB-VPCP năm 2020 về kết luận của Thủ tướng Chính phủ Nguyễn Xuân Phúc tại cuộc họp Thường trực Chính phủ về phòng, chống dịch COVID-19 do Văn phòng Chính phủ ban hành