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Stronger partnership strengthens health care for long-lasting impact

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As Vietnam battles the 4th wave of COVID-19 pandemic lingering since late April, much of the country’s resources have been streamlined to treat the infected people, limit transmissions and accelerate the national vaccination campaign.

Joining the fight, Abbott has stepped up assistance through a strength support program for COVID-19 frontline in partnership with the Vietnam Red Cross by increasing aid in kind to both healthcare professionals (HCPs) and patients, extending similar work that started in 2020 with direct donations inclusive. 

Stronger partnership strengthens health care for long-lasting impact
Abbott was awarded by the National Assembly Vice-Chairman Uong Chu Luu and Red Cross Vietnam Chairwomen Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu. 

In 2020 apart from supporting frontline HCPs to fight in the first wave of the pandemic, the program delivered thousands of PPEs and 30,000 Ensure bottles to 24 frontline hospitals across the country.

Throughout 2021, the U.S. healthcare company has expanded support to HCPs in Vietnam’s biggest hotspots. The program delivered almost 200,000 Ensure bottles, 5,000 Panbio COVID-19 antigen rapid tests and thousands of PPEs to HCPs in a hundred frontline hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City and provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh in the northern region to southern locations such as Binh Duong and Dong Nai.

In the last months of the year, nearly 25,000 PediaSure bottles were handed to pediatric patients in Ho Chi Minh City and seven other southern localities.

Stronger partnership strengthens health care for long-lasting impact
Abbott supported frontline HCPs to stay healthy, strong and safe in the 1st wave Covid-19 frontline fight nationwide.

The latest support has raised the grants and product donations to Vietnam by Abbott and its foundation, the Abbott Fund, to more than 275 billion dong (US$ 12 million) to address critical health issues, with focus on improving nutrition, strengthening health systems, addressing malnutrition, diabetes, and keeping frontline HCPs strong and safe in the pandemic fight, along with expanding community education.

Actions taken in Vietnam by Abbott, now a global healthcare leader and which arrived in the Southeast Asian nation in 1995, reflect its commitments to the delivery of long-term impact for the people it serves by shaping the future of healthcare and helping the greatest number of people live better and healthier.

Fighting NCDs

Vietnam’s national strategy for the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for the 2015-2025 period stated that the key solutions are to promote prevention, strengthening primary health care to reduce risk factors, increasing the rate of detection and treatment of NCDs.

As Abbott acts in line with the country’s strategy, it has been bringing in a number of technology breakthroughs. The Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder has been the latest device made available in Vietnam this year. Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder device was originally developed for adults. Abbott’s scientists and engineers have later worked to adapt this breakthrough technology to treat premature infants. Now, at no bigger than the size of a pea, this device assists HCPs to close holes in babies’ hearts, medically referred to as patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and open lifetimes of possibilities for the most vulnerable among us.

PDA is one of cardiovascular diseases that, along with diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases, makes the four main types of NCDs.

Abbott’s activities in Vietnam reflect the company’s clear purpose, which in its recently developed 2030 Sustainability Plan has the focus on innovating for greater access to life-changing technologies and breaking down barriers to health equity to reach more than 3 billion people by 2030. The company’s 109,000 are working to make a lasting impact on health for 2 billion people in more than 160 countries.

“Using our primary expertise to help the world achieve greater total health at lower total cost is the most meaningful way we can contribute to the long-term sustainability of our society and our planet,” said President and Chief Executive Office Robert B. Ford, who was named Chairman of the Board on December 10, 2021.

Top score in industry

In November 2021 Abbott achieved the highest score out of 84 companies in its industry in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, also called the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), marking the ninth consecutive year that it has secured the top score in the Health Care Equipment and Supplies sector.

Abbott said it was committed to working side-by-side with people and communities it serves, partners, governments, and other stakeholders to address health disparities.

It has partnered with the 13-million-member strong Vietnam Women’s Union to develop a program on supporting their breastfeeding through establishing health clubs. The program has grown substantially in the past decade, now covering nationwide and expands to healthcare and nutrition education, along with the provision of access to healthcare service.

Stronger partnership strengthens health care for long-lasting impact
Since 2011, Abbott and Vietnam’s Women Union developed a program providing healthcare, nutrition education and access to healthcare service.

In October 2021 Abbott and the Women’s Union organized an online forum to find ways to raise physical and mental health for children to overcome negative impacts brought by the pandemic.

In addressing the malnutrition issue and health disparity, Giao Diem Humanity program with Americares has been helping children suffering malnutrition in the remote areas in Vietnam’s central provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue since 2005. Workshops have been organized to educate parents, teachers, healthcare providers to tackle malnutrition and Abbott’s PediaSure products are provided for children at risk to catch up growth.

Giao Diem Humanity Foundation is a U.S.-based organization gathering volunteers dedicated to humanitarian activities in Vietnam since 1991. It has partnership with the Abbott Fund and Americares, a health-focused relief and development organization.

Abbott, established in 1888 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has pledged to help people live more fully at all stages of life. The company’s portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and medicines.

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FDI firms complain about dust from construction site of Vietnam’s Long Thanh airport project

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Many foreign direct investment enterprises in the Loc An – Binh Son Industrial Park, which is located near the construction site of the big-ticket Long Thanh International Airport project in Dong Nai Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, have complained about dust resulting from the leveling of the site, saying that it has affected their products and workers’ health.

Representatives of over 200 FDI enterprises in Dong Nai on Friday attended a meeting with the provincial People’s Committee.

At the meeting, Doan Huong Giang, head of the administration and human resources division at Elite Long Thanh Co. Ltd., said “dust has caused a great impact on our products.”

“We expect the provincial authorities, departments, and agencies to come up with appropriate solutions to support Elite and other companies in preventing dust from affecting laborers’ health, product quality, and business activities,” Giang added.

Doan Huong Giang, head of the administration and human resources division at Elite Long Thanh Co. Ltd. in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam says dust from the construction site of the Long Thanh International Airport project has affected the company’s business activities. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Doan Huong Giang, head of the administration and human resources division at Elite Long Thanh Co. Ltd. in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam says dust from the construction site of the Long Thanh International Airport project has affected the company’s business activities. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Many other enterprises shared the view.

Earlier, thousands of houses and a section of the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway near the Long Thanh International Airport project were also reported to be covered with dust from the construction site.

Dust from the construction site of the Long Thanh International Airport project blankets adjacent residential areas. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Dust from the construction site of the Long Thanh International Airport project blankets adjacent residential areas. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Do Tat Binh, deputy general director of the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the investor of the mammoth airport project, on Friday told Tien Phong (Youth) newspaper that the corporation had asked contractors to enhance the spray of water at the construction site to limit dust.

The ACV will next week dispatch fire trucks to the site to spray water, Binh said, adding that the corporation will join forces with the local authorities to support local residents in cushioning the impact of dust.

The construction site is large and the leveling workload is huge amid the windy and dry season.

Fifty vehicles spraying water every day at the construction site is just a temporary solution and can reduce part of the dust.

“The leveling is expected to be completed by the end of May, when the rainy season will come, and the volume of dust will reduce,” Binh said.

According to the ACV, 2,630 workers along with 1,860 pieces of machinery are working to build the foundation of the airport project.

The airport project, which requires an estimated investment of VND336.63 trillion (US$14.2 billion) and is located some 40 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City, will cover around 5,000 hectares of land and was designed to have an annual capacity of 100 million passengers and five million tons of cargo. 

Once in place, it will be the largest airport in the nation.

At the conference, Nguyen Thi Kim Dung, a representative of Terumo BCT Co. Ltd. in the Long Duc Industrial Park in Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province, also complained about the deterioration of a road connecting National Highway 51 and the industrial park.

This is a key road on which most workers of the enterprises in the area have to travel every day. However, it has been deteriorated for a long time.

The four-kilometer road has many potholes, posing a high risk of traffic accidents for road users, especially at night.

Some enterprises reported the issue to district- and province-level agencies in 2020. However, the road was repaired without care and it remains in bad conditions.

Representatives of FDI firms also mentioned the insecurity and disorder and power cuts without advance notice.

Chairman of the Dong Nai People’s Committee Cao Tien Dung said the province took responsibility for accompanying enterprises to overcome difficulties.

Leaders of the Dong Nai authorities give investment certificates to FDI enterprises in the province. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Leaders of the Dong Nai authorities give investment certificates to FDI enterprises. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

After the conference, the director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment must review enterprises’ complaints and report them to the provincial authorities to work out appropriate solutions, Dung said.

Regarding the road leading to the Long Duc Industrial Park, Dung asked Long Thanh District to quickly upgrade it.

The provincial Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Transport were assigned to ensure traffic safety for workers traveling on the road.

The Dong Nai chairman also requested the relevant agencies to review and promptly handle foreigners’ temporary residence registration and immigration applications.

Departments and agencies must review the procedure handling to meet enterprises’ demands and provide the greatest possible support for them.

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Many foreign direct investment enterprises in the Loc An – Binh Son Industrial Park, which is located near the construction site of the big-ticket Long Thanh International Airport project in Dong Nai Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, have complained about dust resulting from the leveling of the site, saying that it has affected their products and workers’ health.

Representatives of over 200 FDI enterprises in Dong Nai on Friday attended a meeting with the provincial People’s Committee.

At the meeting, Doan Huong Giang, head of the administration and human resources division at Elite Long Thanh Co. Ltd., said “dust has caused a great impact on our products.”

“We expect the provincial authorities, departments, and agencies to come up with appropriate solutions to support Elite and other companies in preventing dust from affecting laborers’ health, product quality, and business activities,” Giang added.

Doan Huong Giang, head of the administration and human resources division at Elite Long Thanh Co. Ltd. in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam says dust from the construction site of the Long Thanh International Airport project has affected the company’s business activities. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Doan Huong Giang, head of the administration and human resources division at Elite Long Thanh Co. Ltd. in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam says dust from the construction site of the Long Thanh International Airport project has affected the company’s business activities. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Many other enterprises shared the view.

Earlier, thousands of houses and a section of the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway near the Long Thanh International Airport project were also reported to be covered with dust from the construction site.

Dust from the construction site of the Long Thanh International Airport project blankets adjacent residential areas. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Dust from the construction site of the Long Thanh International Airport project blankets adjacent residential areas. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Do Tat Binh, deputy general director of the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the investor of the mammoth airport project, on Friday told Tien Phong (Youth) newspaper that the corporation had asked contractors to enhance the spray of water at the construction site to limit dust.

The ACV will next week dispatch fire trucks to the site to spray water, Binh said, adding that the corporation will join forces with the local authorities to support local residents in cushioning the impact of dust.

The construction site is large and the leveling workload is huge amid the windy and dry season.

Fifty vehicles spraying water every day at the construction site is just a temporary solution and can reduce part of the dust.

“The leveling is expected to be completed by the end of May, when the rainy season will come, and the volume of dust will reduce,” Binh said.

According to the ACV, 2,630 workers along with 1,860 pieces of machinery are working to build the foundation of the airport project.

The airport project, which requires an estimated investment of VND336.63 trillion (US$14.2 billion) and is located some 40 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City, will cover around 5,000 hectares of land and was designed to have an annual capacity of 100 million passengers and five million tons of cargo. 

Once in place, it will be the largest airport in the nation.

At the conference, Nguyen Thi Kim Dung, a representative of Terumo BCT Co. Ltd. in the Long Duc Industrial Park in Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province, also complained about the deterioration of a road connecting National Highway 51 and the industrial park.

This is a key road on which most workers of the enterprises in the area have to travel every day. However, it has been deteriorated for a long time.

The four-kilometer road has many potholes, posing a high risk of traffic accidents for road users, especially at night.

Some enterprises reported the issue to district- and province-level agencies in 2020. However, the road was repaired without care and it remains in bad conditions.

Representatives of FDI firms also mentioned the insecurity and disorder and power cuts without advance notice.

Chairman of the Dong Nai People’s Committee Cao Tien Dung said the province took responsibility for accompanying enterprises to overcome difficulties.

Leaders of the Dong Nai authorities give investment certificates to FDI enterprises in the province. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

Leaders of the Dong Nai authorities give investment certificates to FDI enterprises. Photo: A Loc / Tien Phong

After the conference, the director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment must review enterprises’ complaints and report them to the provincial authorities to work out appropriate solutions, Dung said.

Regarding the road leading to the Long Duc Industrial Park, Dung asked Long Thanh District to quickly upgrade it.

The provincial Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Transport were assigned to ensure traffic safety for workers traveling on the road.

The Dong Nai chairman also requested the relevant agencies to review and promptly handle foreigners’ temporary residence registration and immigration applications.

Departments and agencies must review the procedure handling to meet enterprises’ demands and provide the greatest possible support for them.

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Vietnam consolidates coastal dike to protect south-central airport

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Authorities of Phu Yen Province in south-central Vietnam have taken action to consolidate an eroded coastal dike to protect Tuy Hoa Airport.

Dang Khoa Dam, director of the management board of construction investment projects of Phu Yen, said on Saturday that his unit started building a sea embankment to protect Hung Vuong Street, which connects the eastern end of the seaside Tuy Hoa Airport with the province’s eponymous capital city.

The embankment will stretch 885 meters to prevent sea waves and high tides from rubbing the road.

The cost of the project is approximately VND150 billion (US$6.4 million).

Dam’s unit will strive to complete the new dike section before this year’s rainy season although its deadline is 2024.

“The erosion is so serious that unless we do it urgently and quickly, the consequences will be unpredictable when the stormy season comes,” said Dam.

Built about ten years ago to link Tuy Hoa City with Tuy Hoa Airport, which are some 11 kilometers apart, Hung Vuong Street is made of cement concrete, not asphalt concrete, as the authorities had foreseen coastal erosion.

Despite that, strong waves under the impact of climate change have washed away hundreds of meters of sand along the road over the years.

In 2019, the management board of construction investment projects of Phu Yen dumped thoursands of cubic meters of rocks along the road to fortify a 600-meter-long embankment that was damaged by waves.

In the past two years, sea waves have continued to erode Hung Vuong Street, washing away the roadbed’s sand layer, putting the road on the verge of collapse, and posing a direct threat to the safety of Tuy Hoa Airport.

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Authorities of Phu Yen Province in south-central Vietnam have taken action to consolidate an eroded coastal dike to protect Tuy Hoa Airport.

Dang Khoa Dam, director of the management board of construction investment projects of Phu Yen, said on Saturday that his unit started building a sea embankment to protect Hung Vuong Street, which connects the eastern end of the seaside Tuy Hoa Airport with the province’s eponymous capital city.

The embankment will stretch 885 meters to prevent sea waves and high tides from rubbing the road.

The cost of the project is approximately VND150 billion (US$6.4 million).

Dam’s unit will strive to complete the new dike section before this year’s rainy season although its deadline is 2024.

“The erosion is so serious that unless we do it urgently and quickly, the consequences will be unpredictable when the stormy season comes,” said Dam.

Built about ten years ago to link Tuy Hoa City with Tuy Hoa Airport, which are some 11 kilometers apart, Hung Vuong Street is made of cement concrete, not asphalt concrete, as the authorities had foreseen coastal erosion.

Despite that, strong waves under the impact of climate change have washed away hundreds of meters of sand along the road over the years.

In 2019, the management board of construction investment projects of Phu Yen dumped thoursands of cubic meters of rocks along the road to fortify a 600-meter-long embankment that was damaged by waves.

In the past two years, sea waves have continued to erode Hung Vuong Street, washing away the roadbed’s sand layer, putting the road on the verge of collapse, and posing a direct threat to the safety of Tuy Hoa Airport.

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Waste burning poses risk of forest fires in Ho Chi Minh City

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Many people have been burning garbage and scrap along streets and near forests in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, posing a very high risk of wildfires.

An area close to forests in Binh Chanh District became a popular place for people to secretly burn scrap at midnight and dawn, according to the observation of Tien Phong (Youth) newspaper reporters in late March.

Three men burn garbage at Hai Phung Bridge at dawn on March 21, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

Three men burn garbage at Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City at dawn on March 21, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

These groups of people burned scrap on both sides of Hai Phung Bridge, located at the border area between Pham Van Hai Commune and Vinh Loc B Commune, in order to get metals such as copper and iron.

Columns of smoke produced by the scrap burning flew toward the forests. Meanwhile, many trees at the foot of the bridge have withered.

A group of people carry scrap to the area near Hai Phung Bridge on the morning of March 16, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

A group of people carry scrap to the area near Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of March 16, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

Kenh Lien Vung Street in Vinh Loc B Commune, Binh Chanh District has also become a popular place for garbage and scrap burning. 

“There are few houses on the road, so many people burn garbage to avoid getting caught,” a local resident said.

“There is a lot of smoke, and the smell of burning plastic is very unpleasant.”

People burn scrap near Hai Phung Bridge on the morning of March 16, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

People burn scrap near Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of March 16, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

Columns of smoke rising from Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Columns of smoke rising from Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Garbage is dumped near a forest in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Garbage is dumped near a forest in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Burned garbage along a street in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Burned garbage along a street in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Smoke is produced by garbage burning in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Smoke is produced by garbage burning in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

A man burns scrap in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

A man burns scrap in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

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Many people have been burning garbage and scrap along streets and near forests in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, posing a very high risk of wildfires.

An area close to forests in Binh Chanh District became a popular place for people to secretly burn scrap at midnight and dawn, according to the observation of Tien Phong (Youth) newspaper reporters in late March.

Three men burn garbage at Hai Phung Bridge at dawn on March 21, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

Three men burn garbage at Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City at dawn on March 21, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

These groups of people burned scrap on both sides of Hai Phung Bridge, located at the border area between Pham Van Hai Commune and Vinh Loc B Commune, in order to get metals such as copper and iron.

Columns of smoke produced by the scrap burning flew toward the forests. Meanwhile, many trees at the foot of the bridge have withered.

A group of people carry scrap to the area near Hai Phung Bridge on the morning of March 16, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

A group of people carry scrap to the area near Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of March 16, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

Kenh Lien Vung Street in Vinh Loc B Commune, Binh Chanh District has also become a popular place for garbage and scrap burning. 

“There are few houses on the road, so many people burn garbage to avoid getting caught,” a local resident said.

“There is a lot of smoke, and the smell of burning plastic is very unpleasant.”

People burn scrap near Hai Phung Bridge on the morning of March 16, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

People burn scrap near Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of March 16, 2023. Photo: Tien Phong

Columns of smoke rising from Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Columns of smoke rising from Hai Phung Bridge in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Garbage is dumped near a forest in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Garbage is dumped near a forest in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Burned garbage along a street in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Burned garbage along a street in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Smoke is produced by garbage burning in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

Smoke is produced by garbage burning in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

A man burns scrap in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

A man burns scrap in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tien Phong

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