Việt Nam News

The National Traffic Safety Committee has asked the Traffic Safety Department in HCM City and Bình Dương Province to verify media reports on nails spread along stretches of National Highway No 1.

Eighty per cent of Vietnamese respondents in a survey by multinational market research firm IPSOS believed that the country’s economy could recover quickly after the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

HCM City is seeking approval to be removed from the list of 12 provinces and cities at high risk of COVID-19 transmission and instead be placed at a medium risk level after April 22, the vice chairman of HCM City People’s Committee, Lê Thanh Liêm, said during an online meeting held on April 20.

HCM City Police have broken up a payday loan ring headed by Chinese nationals, with some 60,000 debtors suffering cutthroat interest rates of 1,095 per cent per year.

The law revisions must· suitable to the country’s social changes and economic development, she said, adding that the simple and repetitive jobs will soon be replaced by robots and there is a need to focus more on highly skilled jobs.

Unilever in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and through coordination with the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee, continues to provide its products to help frontline medical facilities in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

A 20 year-old Vietnamese man is the country's latest COVID-19 patient to recover at the Củ Chi Field Hospital in HCM City on Tuesday, bringing the country’s total recoveries to 216.

From the middle of June this year, offenders who complete their jail sentences or are released under presidential amnesty can access loans offered by the National Employment Fund and apply for jobs in public projects.

Young people are helping the old by becoming personal shoppers, collecting groceries for those who are concerned about leaving home. The Young Union in Hải Phòng have been busy identifying people in the city who need their assistance. Everyone really is doing their bit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the COVID-19 pandemic raging, the Việt Nam Social Security has organised the delivery of pension payments for April and May to the homes of the elderly nationwide to protect them from the virus.

A man has been arrested and will appear in court on Tuesday in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese citizens who were found in the back of a lorry in the UK last year.

The local labour market has long faced a paradox of many trained labourers being unable to find suitable jobs while businesses dealt with a labour shortage, as graduates often had to be retrained to be competent.

Government agencies and businesses in HCM City are taking proactive measures to protect employees and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

HCM City will enter the third stage of COVID-19 prevention and control after the city ends social distancing on April 22, but the risk of transmission will remain high, according to the city's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Steering Committee for National COVID-19 Prevention and Control said there are no new cases of coronavirus recorded on Tuesday.

An outpouring of support has been shown for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic across the country, including providing free rice for underprivileged people and supporting poor teachers and students.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said the country could start gradually loosening COVID-19 containment measures during a Government meeting in Hà Nội on Monday.