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Vietnam 'most outstanding' in handling of Covid-19: Control Risks report

Published Sun, May 17, 2020 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    HAVING learnt at least some lessons from the Sars crisis of 2003, at least five Asian economies apart from China have flattened their corona-virus infection curves.

    Vietnam, however, has been lauded as the most outstanding for its toned-down authoritarianism and targeted resourcing, a report from Control Risks said.

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