Some 2,800 officers and soldiers have also been mobilised to prevent illegal immigration at border areas. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - The army’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 and implementing the nationalvaccination programme were highlighted at a press conference in Hanoi on April9.
According to MajorGeneral Nguyen Xuan Kien, head of the Military Medical Department at the General Department of Logistics, the Ministry of National Defence has actively directedquarantine work, especially in the northern province of Hai Duong, which was atone time the country’s biggest COVID-19 hotspot.
Some 2,800officers and soldiers have also been mobilised to prevent illegal immigrationat border areas, he added.
Apart fromtesting, the COVID-19 vaccination drive has been rolled out in the entire army,Kien said, adding that since April 1, priority groups in the army have receivedvaccine shots.
He stressed therole of the Military Medical University in test kit production, along with researchon the Nano Covax vaccine, which is about to enter the third stage of humantrials.
The meeting alsoheard that, between 2010 and 2020, Vietnam cleared 485,240 ha of land contaminatedby unexploded ordnance (UXO) with total funding of 12.6 trillion VND (547.4million USD).
More than 5,800bomb and mine victims and others affected by UXO have received support worthover 50 billion VND.
Vietnam willcontinue with plans, programmes, and projects on bomb and mine clearance in thetime ahead, covering around 800,000 ha, the meeting heard./.
VNA
