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Vietnam records no new community COVID-19 cases for 74 straight days

Vietnam had no new COVID-19 cases to report on June 29 morning, marking 74 days in a row without new local transmissions, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Among the total 355 infections, 215 were imported and quarantined upon arrival.

At present, 10,027 people having close contact with patients or arriving from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined at hospitals, concentrated quarantining facilities, and homes.

The committee’s treatment subcommittee reported that 330 patients have given all-clear and there is no death.

Twenty-five patients are being treated at health facilities nationwide and most are in stable condition. Five have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once and five others tested negative at least twice.
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Global Vietnamese expertise drives competitive homegrown technologies

Global Vietnamese expertise drives competitive homegrown technologies

Vietnam stands a strong chance of inserting itself into the global technology value chain as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and smart manufacturing race ahead all at once, Ta Duc Tung, associate professor of robotics and information technology who runs the Tung Laboratory at Japan’s Keio University, told the Vietnam News Agency.

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