Hanoi (VNA), March 27 -- German newswire Deutsche Welle on March 26 ran an article hailing Vietnam's effective and timely measures in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

The article said though Vietnam shares a 1,100km -long border with China, and has a weak health care system and a low budget for combating the epidemic, it has only reported about 150 infections and no fatalities since the outbreak began in January.

Vietnam has a done a good job thus far in fighting the epidemic which is raging in many countries worldwide, it said, quoting a report by the World Health Organisation as saying that in Germany alone, over 47,000 people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, resulting in more than 220 fatalities.

According to the article, the...