Việt Nam News

Many agricultural production chains in Hà Nội have maintained operations throughout the most recent outbreak of COVID-19, thanks in no small part to strong cooperation between producers and sellers in the city. 

Localities will quarantine only the new cases, which are detected on campus, without closing the entire school, said delegates in an online meeting between the Ministry of Education and Training and its departments.

Two final underground railway segments for Metro Line No 1 are being installed and will be completed in two months.

Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Nên has ordered the Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) Management Board to place pandemic prevention and protection of workers’ heath as its top priority under the “new normal”.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam proposed the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and localities to design more support packages to attract workers who had left for their hometowns to return to work during the Q&A session of the National Assembly on social affairs on Thursday.

More than a million people have now tested positive for COVID-19 in Việt Nam.

HCM City authorities are considering allowing 750 doctors and nurses who will graduate from Phạm Ngọc Thạch University of Medicine this year to work at health centres and stations in city districts, wards and communes.

Economic and transportation experts have agreed that it is high time for Việt Nam to reopen international flight routes and gave their suggestions on how they should be managed post-pandemic at a webinar on Wednesday.

HCM City authorities are calling for strict anti-pandemic measures to prevent the spread of the virus and ensure safety as of a large number of migrant workers have returned to the city from other localities.

Nearly 792,000 children from 12-17 years old in Ha Noi are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the fourth quarter of 2021 and first quarter of 2022.

According to the plan proposed by Hà Nội Public Transport Management Centre, car drivers will have to pay between VNĐ50,000-100,000 (US$2.2 - US$4.4) to enter downtown areas on ordinary days.

Authorities in Hà Nội have ordered the establishment of 508 mobile medical units, including 20 units to serve industrial parks and processing zones, after a sharp rise in cases in the capital city. 

HCM City has set up 33 new mobile medical stations, bringing the total number to 255, following a surge in the number of COVID cases in recent weeks, according to its Department of Health.

The Ministry of Health has asked localities to review and instruct all schools to build flexible and safe COVID-19 prevention and control plans to allow children to go back to class.

Saigon Zoo has reopened after months of closure due to the pandemic. Visitors are happy that they can enjoy relaxed walks in fresh air and see the animals again.

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