Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 22:04 GMT+7 tuoitrenews
A health worker handles a piece of equipment at a hospital in Vietnam. Photo: Xuan Mai / Tuoi Tre
Vietnam recorded four new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with its total nearing 1,000, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The four patients include two in Da Nang, one in neighboring Quang Nam Province, and one in northern Hai Duong Province.
Patient No. 990 is a 25-year-old medical worker at Da Nang Family Hospital.
She is being isolated for treatment at the Hoa Vang makeshift hospital in the namesake district in Da Nang.
Patient No. 991 is 34 years old, residing in Hoi An City, Quang Nam.
His wife was already confirmed as patient No. 981 on Tuesday.
He is treated at Quang Nam Regional General Hospital.
Patient No. 992 is a 37-year-old medical worker at Da Nang Hospital, a major cluster in the beach city.
Patient No. 993 is 40 years old, residing in Hai Duong City, which is the capital of the eponymous province.
She had close contact with two infected patients in the same city.
On August 14, she was sent to a collective quarantine center in Hai Duong.
She tested negative for COVID-19 one day later.
The patient was sampled for a retest on Monday and the result came back positive on Tuesday.
She is being treated at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hai Duong City.
The Ministry of Health announced 15 recoveries on Wednesday, bringing the total number of patients having beaten the virus to 533.
Vietnam has documented 993 coronavirus patients, including 653 domestic cases, as of Wednesday night.
Twenty-five COVID-19 patients have died so far, most having suffered critical underlying conditions. Another patient passed away on August 12 after having tested negative for the pathogen four times.
Five hundred and thirteen local infections have been reported since July 25, when Vietnam detected its first community case after 99 days. Most of the cases have been traced back to Da Nang.
I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn.
I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC. I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters. I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law.
I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam.
In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship.
Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam.
I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN.
I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism. In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net).
I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries.
In October 2011 Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi published my book "Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống).
In December 2013 Phu Nu Publishing House published my book "10 Core Values for Success".
I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.
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