Việt Nam News

The HCM City People’s Committee will add a service charge to domestic water bills for water drainage and wastewater treatment, effective from January 1 next year.

HCM City’s 20km metro route 3a between Bến Thành and Tân Kiên will be built between 2025 and 2034, the city People’s Committee has said in a proposal to the Government.  

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has managed outstanding socio – economic development this year despite the COVID – 19 pandemic, according to its People’s Committee.

The south – central province of Ninh Thuận is commissioning new fishing boats and installing modern facilities on them to improve fishing efficiency and protect resources.

As the number of COVID-19 cases in HCM City has increased in recent days, concentrated quarantine centres are at risk of being overwhelmed.

The Ministry of Health reported 407 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, including 26 imported cases who were immediately quarantined on arrival in HCM City, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Tây Ninh and Long An provinces.

COVID-19 update

It is necessary to speed up efforts to put an end to the AIDS pandemic in 2030, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minster Vũ Đức Đam told a United Nations (UN) General Assembly high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS on June 8.

Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long has said Viet Nam wants the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine so it can inoculate 12-18-year-olds.

Việt Nam reported 283 new local cases of COVID-19 at noon on Wednesday, including 274 cases in quarantined or locked down areas.

COVID-19 update

Restaurants, coffee shops, street vendors and beaches reopened Wednesday morning in Da Nang as the COVID-19 pandemic is well under control in the central city.

A special report entitled: ‘Youth for Climate Action in Việt Nam’ along with a Dialogue with the COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma, has been launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Department of Climate Change (DCC) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

As COVID-19 infections have been reported in the community and hospitals recently, many people have delayed important hospital visits despite their worsening health.

Tiền Giang Province is spending over VNĐ1.3 trillion (US$58 million) to upgrade Chợ Gạo Canal, one of the Mekong Delta’s most important waterways.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang will spend VNĐ16 billion (US$700,000) to provide vocational training to its workforce this year.