The Public Health Response to COVID-19 in Vietnam: Decentralization and Human Rights

Doan, Hai Thanh

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“…Indeed, criticism on social media sometimes led to dialogic communication, investigation, and apologies from government officers. Local government officers publicly apologized to a man who was wrongly fined for buying bread in Nha Trang City in July 2021 and a woman who was physically coerced to take a COVID-19 test in Thuan An City in September 2021 (Doan, 2023).…”

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When communist propaganda meets western public relations: Examining Vietnam’s government pandemic communication

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2023

Public Relations Inquiry

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This article explores the communication strategies used by Vietnam’s communist government during the earlier phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. What makes this case worth studying is the examination of Vietnam’s hybridised use of Western public relations strategies with communist propaganda and the fluctuating, emphasis on one or the other depending on the outbreak’s implications. While Vietnam was praised as a pandemic hero in 2020, thanks in part to some academic and news media representations of the Vietnam government as an effective communicator, this perception changed when the Delta variant hit the country. What happened? Which communication strategies changed? Which remained? To answer these questions, we used a mixed qualitative method consisting of a case study and manual and computational thematic analyses of government and news media and social media texts to identify the strategies and themes that were dominant during the first COVID-19 outbreaks. This study helps to throw light on the effectiveness but also the problems that may arise from a mixed use of public relations and propaganda strategies during a global pandemic; it also raises questions about the need to build a country-specific pandemic communication framework as well as to rethink theories and uses of propaganda vis-à-vis PR today.

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When communist propaganda meets western public relations: Examining Vietnam’s government pandemic communication

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2023

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“…Vietnam received international acclaim for its achievements in effectively managing the COVID-19 pandemic [67]. Vietnam has achieved notable success in safeguarding the right to health of its citizens, including achieving a high COVID-19 vaccination rate and a significant reduction in the number of deaths due to COVID-19.…”

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Protection of the Right to Health Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Southeast Asia: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis

Mohammed R. M. Elshobake

2024

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a public health crisis which affected all the fields including economic, social, humanitarian, and human rights fields. According to International human rights law and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the right to healthcare stands as a fundamental aspect of ensuring the right to life due to its inherent connection to human well-being. To measure the state of health care in a country, we should assess four criteria which are availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of healthcare services. Using doctrinal research and legal analysis, this paper aims to evaluate the status of the right to healthcare in Southeast Asia during the COVID-19. It is concluded that most Southeast countries effectively managed to control the spread of COVID-19. However, they grappled with challenges related to the availability, accessibility, quality, and acceptability of healthcare services. Therefore, this paper recommends that Southeast countries work to provide health care for all. As well as to take steps to achieve systemic reforms to improve the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of healthcare services. These improvements include Investment in healthcare infrastructure, equitable resource allocation, community engagement and health education, training and support for healthcare workers, and international collaboration among Southeast countries through (ASEAN) and collaboration with other countries and organizations. All these improvements are essential not only for future pandemic preparedness but also for ensuring the fundamental right to health care for all as stated by International human rights law and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

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The Public Health Response to COVID-19 in Vietnam: Decentralization and Human Rights

Cited by 2 publications

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When communist propaganda meets western public relations: Examining Vietnam’s government pandemic communication

When communist propaganda meets western public relations: Examining Vietnam’s government pandemic communication

Protection of the Right to Health Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Southeast Asia: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis

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