Hanoi (VNA) – The GlobalAlliance to Protect and Regenerate Nature “EndPandemics.Earth” has sent aletter of thanks to the Vietnamese Government and National Assembly for thecountry’s strong and drastic strides in the process of protecting the peopleand biodiversity.
According to theEducation for Nature Vietnam Centre on August 21, the alliance highly evaluated Vietnam’s achievements in the fight against COVID-19, saying thatVietnam not only minimised infections and fatalities from the disease but alsoshowed its determination to wipe out the risk of wildlife-derived epidemicoutbreaks via the issuance of the Prime Minister's Directive No.29/CT-TTg on several urgentmeasures to control the trading of wildlife.
In May and June, thealliance cooperated with the ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly (AIPA) to share information about COVID-19 and wildlife trade at aseminar.
Thealliance also pledged to help Vietnam overcome difficulties and make furtherstrides in preventing pandemics in the future.
Deputy Director of the Education for Nature Vietnam Centre Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung said it is a member ofthe alliance which comprises non-governmental organisations operating in the fields of environment, climate, economy, technology, forestry, science, healthcare, security and communications.
Theylaunched the global campaign to reduce the risk of pandemics by addressing theroot cause of all zoonotic outbreaks such as commercial trade in wildlife and disruption of wildhabitats./.