Donors pledge over $170mn to WHO ahead of US exit
World 09:44 21/05/2025GENEVA -- China, Qatar, Switzerland and others pledged over $170 million for the World Health Organization at its assembly on Tuesday, the agency said, and countries also accepted higher fees to help offset the expected loss of the U.S., the top donor.
WHO says first alerted to virus by its office, not China
World 13:34 04/07/2020It was the WHO office in China that on December 31 notified its regional point of contact of a case of 'viral pneumonia'
Coronavirus pandemic accelerating with Americas worst, warns WHO
World 10:29 20/06/2020‘The world is in a new and dangerous phase’
Spraying disinfectants can be ‘harmful’, says WHO
World 11:30 17/05/2020The WHO said that spraying disinfectants, even outside, can be ‘dangerous for human health’
Trump says he is considering restoring some funding to WHO, no decision made
World 20:49 16/05/2020‘We would pay 10% of what we have been paying over many years’
Vietnam hands over $50,000 to WHO’s COVID-19 response fund
Vietnam News 12:09 25/04/2020Vietnam calls on the WHO to maintain its central role in leading and coordinating international efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic
WHO thanks unsung heroes of fight against COVID-19 in Vietnam
Vietnam News 17:21 18/03/2020WHO Vietnam expressed its appreciation toward the government, doctors, nurses, journalists, security guards, and sanitation workers
'This is not a drill': WHO urges world to take virus more seriously
World 11:18 06/03/2020'This epidemic is a threat for every country, rich and poor.'
What's in a name? WHO tiptoes around what to call virus
World 10:28 08/02/2020The novel coronavirus first emerged in Wuhan, but WHO will not name the virus after the city
Vietnam moves to limit smoking in films, theaters
Travel 18:56 19/10/2018Films that depict smoking will be given age ratings according to the length of such scenes
