Việt Nam News

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.

Việt Nam has surpassed the milestone of injecting more than 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine nationwide after five consecutive administering a million jabs a day.

Việt Nam saw 10,508 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, increasing the caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 635,055, said the Ministry of Health.

Although Typhoon Conson eased to a tropical low pressure when making landfall on Sunday, it still caused damage in the central region. Many houses lost roofs, and roads were blocked after landslides. Have a look at the consequences of the storm in one locality in central Quảng Ngãi Province.

HCM City plans a third Covid-19 relief package worth around VNĐ10 trillion (US$438.5 million) after September 15 for workers who have lost their jobs, had incomes reduced, have no stable incomes, or face other difficulties.

The COVID-19 outbreak will remain complex and so HCM City will take various measures to adapt to it, Phan Văn Mãi, chairman of the city People’s Committee, has said.

HCM City is planning to pilot COVID-19 green cards in districts 7, Cần Giờ and Củ Chi, places where the pandemic has basically been controlled.

Localities in the capital city have been asked to prepare business and production recovery plans and offer support for enterprises in need.

Despite limited resources, the Vietnamese Government and local authorities are sparing no efforts to support and ensure safety for the expat community in Việt Nam amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

As Việt Nam struggles to cope with the fourth outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, expats who find themselves thousands of kilometres away from their homes have seen their lives turned upside down.

 A total of 11,172 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 624,547.

The HCM City Department of Health has sought approval from the Ministry of Health to reduce the time between two AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots from the usual eight to 12 weeks down to six weeks to speed up immunisation.

The Ministry of Health held an online training conference on Monday to deploy the project on enhancing the supply and use of medical oxygen for facilities treating COVID-19 patients with participations from more than 1000 locations in 63 provinces and cities.