Hà Nội on Wednesday allowed restaurants and food and drink establishments to reopen for delivery, starting 12:00 noon Thursday, but only in districts that have recorded no community COVID-19 cases since September 3.

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành has asked the southern province of Đồng Nai to focus on completing ground clearance work to speed up the first phase of the Long Thành International Airport project.

Regional linkage and planning was important to the development of every single locality and the whole northern region, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Chí Dũng said on Tuesday.

Củ Chi District and District 7 in HCM City have kept the COVID-19 outbreak under control  thanks to strict and early management of infected cases, timely emergency care and an increase in the number of treatment beds.

The number of fatalities due to COVID-19 was down by 30 per cent in HCM City last week thanks to the improvement in treatment of patients especially at home.