Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will promote digital transformation, follow the motto “customer-centered”, analyze behavior to provide added services, ensure customers have the ability to interact “anytime, anywhere” in digital space (photo taken before April 27). Photo: VNA With the goal of being in the Top 4 in ASEAN in terms of business and customer service, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will promote digital transformation, following the motto “customer-centric”, analyzing customer vi to provide value-added services, ensuring customers have the ability to interact “anytime, anywhere” in the digital space. * Approaching Top 4 ASEAN Information from EVN said that, with business and customer service, the group aims to be in the Top 4 in ASEAN. Through the results of measuring a number of key indicators on production and business activities as well as through evaluations of international organizations, EVN has also approached this goal. Mr. Bui Quoc Hoan, Deputy Head of EVN’s Business Department said, specifically, with the electricity access index, the reform chain implemented since 2013 has increased by 129 places. Up to now, Vietnam ranks 4th in ASEAN, after Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore; ranked 27th in the world and made an important contribution to Vietnam’s business environment index. With the power supply reliability index, EVN is making efforts to approach the Top 4 in ASEAN. Regarding the customer satisfaction score of EVN, the independent consultant implements the assessment method similar to other countries in the region. EVN achieved 8.29 points/10 points in 2019; among the Top 4 in ASEAN. Notably, digital transformation results in business and customer services such as: electronic invoices, field applications, electronic payments, online services, multi-channel customer care centers, etc. .. of EVN has a high transaction rate and is equivalent to leading power enterprises, such as Sing Power of Singapore, MEA of Thailand. According to information from Mr. Bui Quoc Hoan, in the ASEAN region, EVN is the first unit to implement electronic purchase and sale contracts and conduct electricity service transactions in electronic form. Not only taking the lead, but EVN also deployed widely and received great support from customers. Electricity transactions in the electronic form of EVN have been officially implemented since December 2019 and so far, there have been over 2 million contracts. EVN will also promote the quality of online electricity service level 4; electricity purchase and sale contracts and electricity services are transacted electronically (photo taken before April 27). Image; Duc Dung/BNEWS/VNA *Customer is the center According to EVN, digital transformation in business and customer services of EVN is implemented synchronously under the motto “Customer-centric” and thoroughly applies the principle of transforming activities that have not been digitized into into digitization; operations are still manual, not automatically converted to automatic; apply new technologies to replace old ones; take advantage of the power of digital technology, digital data, improve production and business efficiency, create new added value for the corporation as well as for customers. According to the Group’s Digital Transformation Project and according to the tasks assigned by the Steering Committee for Digital Transformation and the application of technology of the fourth industrial revolution to EVN’s production and business activities, digital transformation in Sales and customer service will focus on such contents as: building a shared customer care platform for the whole corporation to provide customer care services in the direction of “personalization” and creating comprehensive, consistent customer experience; linking EVN’s customer care platform with other partners to take care of and create new added value for customers. At the same time, automate the receiving and processing of customer requests through the Customer Care Center. Building a unified customer identification database in EVN. Applying artificial intelligence to analyze customer behavior and improve service quality. EVN will also promote the quality of online electricity service level 4; electricity purchase and sale contracts and electricity services are transacted electronically; pay electricity and service charges by non-cash method. Another key work will be done by EVN, which is the digitization of all field work of workers through applications deployed on mobile platforms. The Group will also modernize the metering system through the implementation of electronic meters and piloting the smart meter system; improve the electricity access index by connecting national databases such as population, land, … to reduce customer records and procedures; electricity service application without surveying through the use of field information data, GIS-based operation management information. According to Mr. Bui Quoc Hoan, the group has thoroughly applied international standards to improve, digitize and virtualize electrical services. Through transforming processes, people and technology; EVN strives to bring many benefits to customers. Specifically, the deployment of multi-channel services, online services, integration of service provision through the National Public Service portal, etc. makes it easy for customers to access, participate, and monitor electricity services. Information about EVN’s services, as well as the settlement process, is public and transparent to customers. With the customer’s documents and procedures, which can be received by EVN through online transaction channels, or through field applications when EVN is surveying and constructing, it has brought convenience and shortened the time. transactions for customers. EVN’s time to process and resolve customer’s requests is thoroughly shortened through technologies. For example, location locating applications help workers quickly move, to promptly respond to customer requests. Service costs are calculated transparently and make it easy for customers to pay via banks and e-wallets of payment intermediaries.

Ms. Bea Yuri, the representative of Gangwon province, introduced the culture and potential of cooperation between Vietnam and Korea in the online signing ceremony. Korea is currently a developed country with a strong capacity in capital, science and technology and rich development experience, is deeply involved in the global value chain, and is in need of a young and large market to continue. development momentum. Vietnam is a dynamic developing country that actively integrates into the world. Vietnam is a suitable destination with a golden population structure with nearly 100 million people, nearly 70% are aged 15-64; Vietnam and South Korea are two countries with unique factors that contribute to bringing the two countries’ relations closer and closer, facilitating the expansion of investment cooperation. The two sides have established dialogue mechanisms on economic cooperation, besides the culture between the two countries Vietnam and Korea have many similarities. The people of the two countries have a deep understanding of each other’s customs and practices, and the population of one country in the other is large; Before the Covid-19 pandemic, traffic between the two countries was increasingly convenient with more than 1,000 flights per month. Representative of Kotra Vietnam – Korea Company, Icon International and Asean Healthcare Company at the cooperation signing ceremony Today’s event marks an important step towards implementing Korea’s trade promotion, investment and technology transfer cooperation programs into Vietnam. Kotra Vietnam – Korea, Asean Healthcare are the exclusive distributors in Vietnam market of many lines of pharmaceutical products – cosmetics, functional foods, health promotion products, air cleaning, disinfection, insurance. protect living environment. In the context of the global crisis caused by the epidemic, the Korean partner has designed and developed many technological solutions, comprehensive solutions for health protection and disease prevention through special products. : IONIC – Air purification system, sterilization, virus removal in cars, families, schools, hospitals, offices, and crowded areas; HEYO – Water electrolyzer, disinfection, VirusKill – Antibacterial wearable in the air; Alkaline-rich Hydrogen generator…
Representative of Gangwon province Ms. Bea Yuri shared: “In recent years, provincial leaders have made great efforts to cooperate with the government and localities in Vietnam to promote exchanges between people, entrepreneurs and businesses. Currently in the context of the Covid -19 epidemic that is turning the world upside down, affecting all aspects of people’s lives, stagnating trade and investment, and declining health, we hope to approve the signing of the agreement. This cooperation will further promote the support of high technology transfer, increase import and export, and develop investment in Vietnam.” Mr. An Jun Sun General Director of Kotra Vietnam – Korea introduced the products at the launch ceremony Speaking congratulating the signing ceremony of strategic cooperation, Mr. Vu Minh Ly – Deputy Director of the Center for Communication of Resources and Environment (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) highly appreciated the efforts of the parties in promoting and implementing a cooperation program, this is a practical and beneficial direction for consumers to have more proactive health care and protection options that Korean friends have researched and developed technology to deal with, prevent The fight against the Covid epidemic is going on as complicated as it is today.
At the signing ceremony, the units officially launched to Vietnam market a product line for environmental protection, proactive disease prevention, VirusKill wearable card, Ionic device, Heyo… Besides, Kotra Vietnam – Korea and Asean HealthCare cooperates with businesses in Vietnam to cooperate in investment, technology transfer, production, and bring to consumers in Vietnam many high-quality products and technologies, proactive health care. such as functional foods made from Red Ginseng, Cordyceps; Herbal cosmetics, alkaline Hydrogen water purification equipment…. distributed in Southeast Asia and the world.
In the context that Vietnam and other countries around the world are learning how to live with newly arising diseases and Covid-19 is complicated, the product Heyo – Ionic – Virus Kill will be a useful tool. for the community to help protect their own health and protect the living environment.

Sunshine in a corner of the forest Chu Mom Ray is located in two districts of Sa Thay and Ngoc Hoi. Right next to Chu Mom Ray National Park are Cambodia’s Virachey National Park and Laos’ Southeast Ghong Reserve. This is one of 94 special-use forests of Vietnam, has the largest area of ​​primary forest and contains rare genetic resources. In 2004, Chu Mom Ray National Park was recognized as an ASEAN heritage by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The flora of Chu Mom Ray national forest is rich and diverse in number of species and status. This place has about 1534 species of plants, including 113 rare species of orchids, gymnosperms, oilseeds, conifers, needles, pine, bamboo, rosemary… This place once marked many fierce battles in the period of “cutting along Truong Son to save the country”. Some places in the forest still have traces of trenches, bomb craters… The way to Chu Mom Ray mountain has to go through a long barren hill, the trees are mostly burned for farming It is still the dry season, the fallen leaves cover the path. The road through the forest is quite dangerous There will come a time when you will encounter a flat area on high, called the mausoleum park (another name for the odd cane, different from the purple mausoleum variety). On the way, you will come across the old single bamboo trees …and many precious old trees If you don’t pay close attention, you will think this is a fallen old tree. But no, this is just a strangely shaped stump. You will encounter a wooden nu, a unique natural phenomenon. “Family” of mushrooms inside a tree cavity. If you are tired, try your luck with a tea table from the bamboo of the green forest. And the fresh cool water of the green forest will fuel you to explore the unspoiled nature of Chu Mo Ray.

Handover ceremony of Thaco bus exported to the Philippines at Chu Lai Port Right from the start to invest in Chu Lai Open Economic Zone In 2003, THACO developed a localization strategy and joined the global value chain. In addition to investing in new construction and upgrading of automobile production and assembly factories towards automation, digital management for mass production according to customers’ specific requirements, THACO has invested in to build the largest industrial park manufacturing automobile components in Vietnam in Chu Lai Open Economic Zone, Quang Nam province with a scale of nearly 100 hectares. There are 12 factories manufacturing components – parts and mechanical complexes that not only supply Thaco’s auto assembly factories and domestic enterprises but also export to ASEAN and other countries. In the world. Products from these factories include: interior components, exterior of buses, trucks, passenger cars; composite components; tweezers; glasses; air-conditioner; shouting ceiling; tap-pi floor; passenger car bumpers; car body; chair and chair shirt; wire set; chassis and many other spare parts. The factories are transferring technology from Japan and Korea with modern machinery and equipment and implementing intelligent management throughout the value chain from ordering, manufacturing to distribution. Typically the Tweezers factory was transferred production technology from Daewon Corporation – Korea with modern chain systems and machines such as heat treatment line, ram line, ball injection line, zinc dipped painting line. and quality control equipment on each stage. The Plastic Components Factory is equipped with a 3,200-ton injection molding machine system, the most advanced plastic coating technology in Vietnam with paint robot and automatic coating system. Car Chairs Factory invests in modern automatic machinery imported from Europe and Korea, produces chairs for many types and brands of cars. To master technology and design, Thaco has invested in building an R&D center, improving the capacity of research and development of components and spare parts products; At the same time, joint ventures and associates with partners to receive and transfer new technologies to improve the technology content in products and receive technical support for the production of spare parts of trucks, buses and vehicles. tourism based on technology transferred from Korea and Japan. At the same time, Thaco invests in the mold industry, which is considered the “foundation of the industry”, which is used in many manufacturing industries. In order to develop the mold manufacturing industry for automobile production and other industries, Thaco Chu Lai Mechanical Complex has invested in manufacturing molds in the direction of producing large quantity products and production time. short, high quality, to meet the growing demand of the market. Since 2016, Thaco Chu Lai Mechanical Complex has put into operation the Mold Factory with a capacity of 600 sets / year, mechanical processing reaching 3,500 tons / year. The factory manufactures and supplies high-quality, high-durability, diverse types and sizes of mold products such as plastic injection molds, plastic extrusion molds, stamping molds … precision mechanical machining and heat treatment. The factory is invested with advanced technology lines and modern machinery imported from Germany, Japan, and Korea such as CNC machining line, bed milling machine, deep hole drilling machine, OKK milling machine, electric firing machine, wire cutting machine, mold screening machine, vacuum furnace … A team of engineers are trained professionally by Korean experts with a lot of experience in the field of mold production. In particular, the factory always updates and applies the trends new technology research and production in order to increase the technology content and diversify products, to suit the needs of the domestic market and to meet the specific requirements of the export market. Over the past time, the factory has provided plastic injection molds and molded components used in automobile production and assembly such as vehicle bumpers, throttle faces, hand brake cladding molds, pipe suspension molds. exhaust, integrated mold details of spring suspension …; manufacturing plastic injection molding and injection molds for civil plastic pallets, plastic propellers, paint tanks, plastic baskets, plastic chairs, stainless steel sink stamping molds, filter details … and some extrusion products including: extrusion molds T-brace, extrusion mold for seat contour details, plastic pipe extrusion mold, hydroponic plastic pipe mold … The products are supplied to automobile manufacturing and assembling factories, domestic and export enterprises. . In 2018, Thaco Chu Lai Mechanical Complex cooperated with the Mold factory to implement the State-level science and technology topic: “Research, design, successfully manufacture molds for some truck parts”. After 2 years of implementation, the topic has completed the set objectives such as: Mastering the technology of designing and manufacturing molds for automobile components including conjugate stamping molds, clawing molds, plastic injection molds; improve the scientific and technological content and increase the localization rate for the truck parts, reduce the price of molds compared to import. On the basis of the results of the project, in 2020, the factory will step by step design and manufacture other molds for all kinds of tourist cars such as skylight frame claw molding, vehicle bumper plastic mold, passenger compartment cladding. interior – exterior plastic details … With a methodical investment strategy, up to now, Thaco has mastered the technology of manufacturing components such as glasses, chairs, tweezers, electrical wires, mechanical components (moving parts of passenger cars, car trunks, exhaust pipes, etc.). ben, bus skeleton, punching components, …), plastic components (plastic barriers, interior plastic components, …), air-conditioning systems, composite components … Investing in the development of spare parts factories, Thaco has increased the localization rate of some models to over 40%, meeting the RVC (Regional Value Content) content criteria to enjoy the 0% tax rate. when exporting to ASEAN markets; at the same time exporting auto parts, gradually joining the global value chain. The most exported products are bumpers, passenger car belts, car tweezers, passenger car seats … Main export markets include Korea, Japan, Russia, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Germany. Right in the first quarter of this year, Thaco exported more than 200 cars and spare parts to markets in Thailand, Myanmar, Japan and South Korea. This is the largest shipment ever, including Kia passenger cars, buses and trailers, produced at factories in Thaco Chu Lai Industrial Park. Kia passenger cars manufactured by Thaco are increasingly appreciated by customers in ASEAN countries because their quality is equivalent to cars made in Korea, meeting the global Kia standards and competitive prices. In the plan of 2021, Thaco will export 1,480 cars to Thailand and Myanmar and expand to other markets, step by step realizing the goal of becoming a hub for manufacturing and exporting cars and spare parts of Kia Motors. in the ASEAN region. Also in this phase, Thaco’s buses were exported to Thailand for VOLVO Buses Company – the world’s largest bus manufacturer, belonging to VOLVO Group. Meet VOLVO’s requirements for technology, quality, safety and competitive price; reaching the localization rate of over 60% and meeting the standards and certifications in Thailand (in terms of design, size, ECE certifications …), Vietnamese-brand Thaco buses have been selected by VOLVO Buses. choose import and distribution. This shipment will pave the way for a plan to export 66 buses to Thailand and Korea this year. Currently, Thaco continues to invest in building new industrial supporting factories towards automation; Establishing Mazda car parts manufacturing factories when the output is large enough (50,000 units / year) by form of joint venture, association, technology transfer with partners who are component suppliers of Mazda Japan Copy; joint ventures and cooperation with foreign partners to invest in the construction of factories producing export products in THACO Chu Lai Industrial Park. In 2021, Thaco will research and develop new products such as PU closed mold, aluminum die casting, plastic blow molding, guide spindles and manual silver in molds, cutting knife – cos presses, product pushers. products in plastic molds. The factory also invests in modern specialized machinery and equipment (small 5-axis CNC milling machine, 3-dimensional coordinate measuring machine, fast mounting system for CNC milling machine, high-speed machining technology, machining technology. processing of hard materials…) to increase production capacity; at the same time, cooperating with mold manufacturing and precision mechanical processing partners to form a nationwide supply chain.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived in Indonesia and started his business trip to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting. Photo: VGP / Nhat Bac Joining the high-level delegation of Vietnam were the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; Minister, Head of Government Office Tran Van Son; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung; Deputy Director of Government Office Nguyen Xuan Thanh; Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong; Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang; Ambassador, Head of the Delegation to Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN Nguyen Hai Bang. At the invitation of the President of ASEAN 2021, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led the high-level delegation of Vietnam to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting at the headquarters of the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia April 23-24, 2021. According to the business trip program, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting; courtesy of Indonesian President Joko Widodo; courtesy of the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, President of ASEAN 2021; met Singapore Prime Minister Ly Hien Long; met Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin; meeting Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh; attended the meeting between Vietnamese Prime Minister, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh. Welcoming the delegation at the airport were representatives of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang; Ambassador, Head of the Delegation representing Vietnam to ASEAN Nguyen Hai Bang. Photo: VGP / Nhat Bac This is the first foreign business trip in the new position of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, affirming Vietnam’s priority is to tighten and strengthen solidarity and mutual assistance with ASEAN member countries, contributing to enhance ASEAN’s central role and position in solving emerging challenges, thereby creating a peaceful and favorable environment for sustainable development of each country and the region. The trip also affirmed that Vietnam made a positive contribution to the ASEAN Community building process, continuing the results achieved in the ASEAN 2020 Chairperson of Vietnam; affirms Vietnam’s commitment, responsibility, and active and active contribution to regional and international issues.

The Prime Minister arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta. Welcoming Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his delegation at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, Mr. Akio Alfiano Tamala, Director of the Reception Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, welcomed the Prime Minister and the high-level delegation of Vietnam at The airport also has the Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Vietnam to Asean Nguyen Hai Bang and the presence of a number of staff from the Vietnam Embassy in Indonesia. This is the first foreign business trip as Head of Government of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, affirming Vietnam’s priority is to tighten and strengthen solidarity and mutual assistance with ASEAN member countries. contribute to enhancing ASEAN’s central role and position in solving emerging challenges, thereby creating a peaceful and favorable environment for sustainable development of each country and region. Under the program, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will deliver an important speech at the ASEAN Leaders’ Conference, scheduled to pay courtesy visits to Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah; bilateral meetings and meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Ly Hien Long, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin; Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh; and the meeting between the three Prime Ministers of Vietnam – Cambodia – Laos./.

Pu Mat National Park (Nghe An) currently has a natural forest area of ​​194,000ha, of which the core area has an area of ​​94,000ha and the buffer zone of 100,000ha. Pu Mat Peak is 1,841m high, covered with white clouds all year round. According to data from researchers, Pu Mat is one of the major biological reserves in Vietnam with more than 2,400 species of plants, 37 of which are in the Vietnam Red Book and 20 species in the World Red Book. . Thousand years old oil plant – Vietnamese heritage tree in the core zone of Pu Mat National Park It is a special-use forest representing the typical tropical and sub-tropical forest ecosystem on earthy mountains; Forest coverage accounts for over 98%, of which primary forest not yet affected is nearly 40%. In which, there are many endangered and rare species of national and international conservation value. In particular, in the 20th century, scientists recorded 4 new species of large mammals for science in Vietnam, all four species were present in this National Park. Specifically, Sao La (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis scientific name), Large Maw (Muntiacus vuquangensis), Truong Son Mangrove (Muntiacus truongsonensis), Striped Rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi). Therefore, Pu Mat National Park plays a very important role in the biodiversity conservation strategy of Vietnam, as well as the world. However, the current forest resources of the National Park have been and are in danger of being degraded by illegal exploitation of forest resources. In particular, the forest fauna is being reduced by hunting and trapping activities of local people. This is considered the most serious threat to the biodiversity resources of Pu Mat National Park. Therefore, for many years, the strengthening of the protection and conservation has always been focused on and tightened by the staff of this national park as well as the authorities at all levels and organizations. The forest is strictly protected According to the Pu Cool National Forest Management Board, which protects wildlife in two special protection areas, two forest protection groups of Pu Mat National Park were established with 12 members. Co Penalty group has 6 members on duty to patrol and protect Khe Bong special protected area. Khe Choang group has 6 members who patrol and protect Khe Choang special protected area. Each member of forest protection groups organizes patrols for 15 days / month, operating from the beginning of 2018 to the present. Rescue pangolins at the Pu Mat National Park Rescue Center After nearly 3 years of operation, the impact of people on the 2 special protected areas has decreased significantly, by 2020 only one impact is left by the people. Maybe they go to get medicinal plants or go hunting animals. This shows that, 2 special protected areas have been well protected, ensuring a high safety habitat for the animals here. In addition, SVW also provides funding for the recruitment garden, contracts a specialized forest protection force and establishes an Anti Poaching team (anti-poaching team) to coordinate with Pu Mat forest rangers to patrol and protect the forest. , removing animal traps, handling violations of forest law. Each anti-poaching team member will coordinate with the National Park Forest Protection patrol and protect the forest at least 15 days / month. After a short time, 85 people participated in forest patrol for 593 days and nearly 6,000km on foot to patrol, handle, expel more than 200 people out of the forest or handle violations of the forest law; destroyed 539 tents; 4,655 animal traps removed; rescue treatment or re-release 18 living animals, the number of dead animals is 93, the number of dead animals is not equal to 23kg; confiscated and handled 11 fish jacks. With a fierce protection work, up to now, logging for commercial purposes has been prevented. Trap setting for wild animals has been reduced compared to the past. In particular, the two special protected areas with the concentrated distribution of animals have been strictly protected, becoming non-hunting zones, ensuring a high safe living environment for animals. In particular, the application of Smart software to patrol the forest for all forest rangers and forest protection forces of the park. The results of patrolling according to the plan, reporting clear forest patrol results, showing comparative information … to serve as the basis for building patrol plans and assessing the effectiveness of forest protection in areas of Pu Mat National Park. In particular, support for effective inspection and supervision of forest patrol and protection. Coordinate forest patrol in the core zone of Pu Mat National Park Mr. Tran Xuan Cuong – Director of Pu Mat National Park – said: “In the past 3 years, in the area of ​​Pu Mat National Park, there has been no situation of logging for commercial purposes; the situation of fishing, which destroys aquatic resources, is basically controlled; Put an end to all hotspots of forest products exploitation and wildlife hunting. The garden management board also does a good job of collaborating in conservation across borders with Laos in biodiversity conservation ”. Also according to Mr. Cuong, recently, Nghe An Provincial People’s Committee has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to consider and nominate Pu Mat National Park to be ASEAN Heritage Park (AHP). Through consideration, Pu Mat National Park has the potential and conditions to become AHP. On October 20, 2020, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment sent a document to the People’s Committee of Nghe An province to nominate the title of ASEAN Heritage Park for Pu Mat National Park. Accordingly, the Ministry agrees on the policy of building a profile and nominating AHP title for Pu Mat National Park, Nghe An province. In the coming time, the park management board will continue to focus on researching and re-planning functional sub-zones in accordance with reality to protect and develop forest ecosystems, conserve wildlife species, and develop to develop livelihoods for ethnic minorities living in the core and buffer zones. Well implementing regulations on coordination in forest management and protection; enhancing cooperation in biological conservation … In addition, the garden management board will also have a plan to expand the wildlife rescue center, implementing a program of reproduction and conservation of rare and precious animals. Priority for protection in the national conservation program. Located on the eastern slope of Truong Son range, Pu Mat National Park stretches over 3 mountainous districts of Con Cuong, Anh Son and Tuong Duong of Nghe An province. Pu Mat in the Thai language means steep slopes. Pu Mat National Park was established in 1995 and recognized by the United Nations Educational Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) as a World Biosphere Reserve in 2007. According to a survey by the Forest Inventory and Planning Institute in 1992, Pu Mat National Park has 1,297 species of higher plants, 64 species of mammals, 137 species of birds, 25 species of reptiles, 15 species of amphibians.

Health care workers give COVID-19 vaccine to people in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 7, 2021. Photo: THX / TTXVN

In the past 24 hours, the ASEAN association had up to four member states that recorded COVID-19 deaths: the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and Malaysia.

Indonesia remains the most serious outbreak of COVID-19 among ASEAN countries, when it recorded the highest number of cases in the region. However, the epidemic situation in the “country of thousands of islands”, after many months of outbreak, has seen a trend of cooling down, when the number of new cases began to decrease compared to the previous period.

Meanwhile, developments are returning and serious outbreaks in the Philippines. The epidemic progressed badly with the number of new cases / day many times higher than the “epidemic” in Indonesia and the highest among Southeast Asian countries, while the number of deaths increased sharply compared to the previous days. The disease situation in the Philippines is the hottest in the ASEAN region, the total number of new cases per day in this country is more than the region combined.

Malaysia continued to be concerned about the situation, the new epidemic wave has prolonged and there is no sign of cooling off in Malaysia. Malaysia is seeing the trend of epidemic escalate again due to the rapid increase in the number of new cases per day in the past few days. In Myanmar, according to website worldometers.info, Myanmar, in the past 24 hours, 9 cases of COVID-19 were reported.

Health care workers give COVID-19 vaccine to people in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 7, 2021. Photo: THX / TTXVN

Thailand also faces a worrying situation when the number of cases of community infection remains high in recent days, forcing the country to decide to tighten epidemic prevention measures. This country on April 14 recorded 1,335 new cases.

Cambodia’s epidemic disease is increasing rapidly and ominously when the country has 277 new patients and 1 death on April 14. “Community incident” has recently started to tend to cool down, the number of new patients tends to level off.

Specifically, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has so far claimed the lives of a total of 63,114 people in Southeast Asia, an increase of 296 cases compared to a day ago. While the number of cases increased to 3,090,106 cases. Besides, the ASEAN region also witnessed the number of patients successfully treated is 2,710,182 cases.

The whole bloc still witnessed worrisome, complicated epidemic developments and a potential risk of outbreaks of new epidemics in many member countries. In the past 24 hours, ASEAN had nine member countries recording new cases of COVID-19. Only Brunei and Laos have no more deaths or illnesses.

Evolution of COVID-19 in ASEAN on April 14:

People waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine to be vaccinated in Manila, Philippines, on March 31, 2021. Photo: THX / TTXVN

On April 14, the Philippines’ Ministry of Health (DOH) announced that it had recorded an additional 8,122 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in this Southeast Asian country to 892,880.

According to DOH, the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the Philippines also increased to 15,447, 162 more than the day before. Speaking at an online press conference, Philippine Deputy Health Minister Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the rate of disease spread in this country has not decreased, the number of cases continues to increase.

The average number of new cases per day still ranges from 10,000-11,000 cases. According to the Philippine Deputy Health Minister, the infection in the community still occurs, the outbreaks in the workplace are the main source of transmission, mainly in hospitals and closed workspaces.

Since the outbreak in January 2020 until now, the Philippines has tested for more than 10 million people out of a total of 110 million people. The Philippine Government is now stepping up efforts to strengthen the health system by adding resources to quarantine and health care facilities. During the press conference, Ms. Vergeire also emphasized the importance of maintaining the health system and ensuring hospitals are ready to accept patients.

Police on duty in Manila, Philippines. Photo: THX / TTXVN

Since March 29, the Philippine government has imposed stringent blockade measures in metropolitan Manila and four neighboring provinces to control the outbreak that has emerged since the end of February. until the end of April 30. The DOH believes that factors such as the new variant of the virus spread faster, people move more and lack a sense of compliance with epidemic control regulations that have caused the number of cases to increase.

On the same day, Malaysia recorded 1,889 new cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 365,892. According to the Malaysian Ministry of Health, among the aforementioned new cases, there were 6 entries and 1,883 infections in the country. Malaysia also recorded eight more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease in the country to 1,353.

A total of 347,780 COVID-19 patients in Malaysia were discharged, equivalent to a cure rate of 95.1%. Out of 16,696 patients under treatment, 204 need special care and 79 need a breathing device.