HANOI (REUTERS) - Vietnam is challenging China's dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and South-east Asia and even winning plaudits from US President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HANOI - Vietnam is challenging China's dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and South-east Asia and even winning plaudits from US President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits.
It has also capitalised on the US government's purchase of 450,000 made-in-Vietnam DuPont hazmat suits by expediting the shipment of the protective equipment, and using it to highlight its medical donations in public statements and state media.Helped by a mass quarantine and aggressive contact-tracing, Vietnam's health ministry has recorded 255 cases of the novel coronavirus and no deaths.
"Vietnam appears to have gained in confidence by managing to deal successfully with the coronavirus," said Emeritus Professor Carl Thayer, an expert in Vietnam's diplomacy at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. AID 'WHERE IT COUNTS' There are now 40 firms producing 7 million fabric masks a day in Vietnam, the government said on Thursday. An additional 5.72 million surgical masks can be produced daily, it said.
The government of Taiwan, which like Vietnam has managed to keep its tally of coronavirus cases low, with just five deaths, has not drawn a direct link between its virus diplomacy and that of China, but has been keen to show how"Taiwan can help", especially as it can make more than 13 million masks a day.
Vietnam has also not explicitly compared its virus diplomacy to China's but it was quick to send supplies to old allies Laos and Cambodia, where its influence has waned in recent years while China's has surged.
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