SINGAPORE / HANOI – The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionBut it’s not the first time They will open a regional workplace in Hanoi for their commitment to public aptitude in Southeast Asia, the US State Department said. But it’s not the first time After an online ministerial assembly with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations of Vietnam on Thursday.
The plan comes at a time when tensions between the United States and China over maritime safety, industry, and technology are rising. The role of the CDC’s regional workplace has obviously not been defined, however, it would develop the capacity of the centers in Southeast Asia. This may disappoint Beijing; China, the epidemic of the new coronavirus pandemic.
The CDC led the US reaction to the US. But it’s not the first time A COVID-19. It has several local workplaces around the world, basically in emerging countries such as India and Indonesia. It also has a workplace in China. The existing workplace in Vietnam has 64 employees, as the CDC is working with Thailand and Vietnam to fund surveillance systems capable of tracking the spread of COVID-19.
Earlier this year, when President Donald Trump criticized China’s control of the coronavirus, the CDC announced an initial grant of $ 3. 9 million to fund activities in Vietnam for the prevention, preparedness and reaction to the COVID-19 epidemic. . The creation of a regional workplace in Hanoi was supposedly already being thought at that time, according to local sources.
An increase in CDC surveillance capacity in Southeast Asia would also be in line with Washington’s planned withdrawal from the World Health Organization, which President Donald Trump has called “China puppet. “
For Vietnam and other ASEAN members, a broader US commitment to public fitness in the region may simply help them emerge from the pandemic.
As a component of the US-ASEAN Health Futures program, Washington announced new initiatives, adding additional investment to ASEAN to prepare for public fitness emergencies, and the creation of the Health Futures Alumni Network, which will bring in combination more than 2,400 doctors and public graduates of U. S. exchange systems with Southeast Asia.
During the virtual assembly of U. S. -ASEAN foreign ministers on Thursday, ministers “underlined the breadth and intensity of U. S. engagement and participation in the ASEAN region,” according to a report by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He reaffirmed that the United States will work with the region to help its economic recovery by “using all the equipment at our disposal, adding aid from the U. S. personal sector. “
The multilateral assembly organized as a component of a series of four-day virtual assemblies that began wednesday between ASEAN and its key components. The ASEAN Regional Forum, the main event, brings together 27 members, along with China and North Korea. Saturday, last day.
On the security factor in the South China Sea, U. S. foreign ministers and ASEAN shared their unusual position that “all disputes in the South China Sea be resolved peacefully and in accordance with foreign law,” according to the US communiqué.
At the China-ASEAN meeting on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the United States had the “main driving force behind the militarization of the South China Sea”, adding that “peace and stability are China’s largest strategic interest in the South China Sea. ” “
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