Phnom Penh: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen attacked China over vaccine trial. The PM said that the country is not a dumping ground for Beijing in terms of vaccine trial adding that the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines will come from the UN-backed COVAX.
According to the report of Asia Times, Hun Sen lashses out at China in blunt terms during a marathon speech on December 15 . He said, Cambodia is not a dustbin.. and not a place for a vaccine trial. He added that he will only trust and accept vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the report, Cambodia s government has so far collected US$48 million in donations, mostly from wealthy tycoons allied to Hun Sen s ruling Cambodian People s Party (CPP), which will go towards the US$200 million needed to purchase inoculations.
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Cambodian PM Hun Sen in a marathon speech lashed out on China by saying that Phnom Penh is “not a dustbin” for Beijing when it comes to vaccine trials.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in a marathon speech lashed out on China by saying that Phnom Penh is “not a dustbin” for Beijing when it comes to vaccine trial. On December 15, Sen said that the first batch for COVID-19 will arrive in Cambodia from the United Nations’ (UN’s) COVAX program adding that the only doses he will trust as well as accept will be the ones approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), reported ANI citing another media outlet.
Public health is no excuse to keep business and patriotism at bay. Not a very humanitarian sentiment, but then again, healing the sick and preserving the healthy can become parochial, nationalist objectives. The least convincing language of the pandemic has been this baffling and trite notion that we and all this and together are somehow linked in blood sealed harmony, binding Homo sapiens in a bond of preservation that urges us to suffer together in order to survive.
The rhetoric of the vaccine market has been enlisted to promote a broader human goal, even if it serves to prop up a very distinct elite: the social media and technological kleptocrats; the pharmacological behemoths; the corrupt incompetents in government. And now, the pieces are moving into their standard places. Privileges are being asserted; priorities are being pushed, despite the summit proclaiming language of the politics of generosity.
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 4:15 pm
Public health is no excuse to keep business and
patriotism at bay. Not a very humanitarian sentiment, but
then again, healing the sick and preserving the healthy can
become parochial, nationalist objectives. The least
convincing language of the pandemic has been this baffling
and trite notion that “we” and “all this” and
“together” are somehow linked in blood sealed harmony,
binding Homo sapiens in a bond of preservation that urges us
to suffer together in order to survive.
The rhetoric
of the vaccine market has been enlisted to promote a broader
human goal, even if it serves to prop up a very distinct
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17/12/2020 09:45 GMT+7
Expanded internet access required to boost digital transformation
The Vietnam Internet Association hosted Internet Day 2020 on December 16, marking the 23rd year since Vietnam became part of the global internet network.
With the theme “Digital Transformation in Vietnam: From Aspiration to Reality”, the event’s discussions centred around Cloud Computing, 5G Services, e-Payment and Mobile Money, Blockchain, Free and Open-source Software (FOSS), and “Make-in-Vietnam” digital technologies, among others.
In June, the government adopted the National Digital Transformation Roadmap 2025 and vision towards 2030, which focuses on three pillars: e-Government, e-economy, and e-society.