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Vietnam applies unique measures in COVID-19 fight: Sputnik

Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik has launched an article lauding Vietnam’s flexible and unique measures in the fight against the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic.

Alongside widespread testing and vaccination, the country’s health sector has applied new models in treating COVID-19 patients to realise the dual targets of curbing the spread of the pandemic and bolstering economic growth, the article stated.

Of note, it underlined the respiratory care split hospital model, which divides the hospital into two, one for screening and treatment of suspected COVID-19 cases and the other operates as usual.

The article also touched on three-layered model of treatment applied in Bac Giang, one of the largest COVID-19 hotspot in Vietnam at present. The first layer features medical establishments providing first treatment services, the second comprises treatment hospitals converted from district health centers and specialized hospitals in the province, and the third includes those treating severe patients./.
VNA/VNP

Civil servants, public employees to have four-day New Year break

Civil servants, public employees to have four-day New Year break

Under Official Dispatch No. 12729/VPCP-KGVX dated December 25, civil servants and public employees will have a four-day break from Thursday (January 1) to Sunday (January 4, 2026). To offset this, the working day on Friday (January 2, 2026) will be shifted to Saturday of the following week (January 10, 2026).

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