Việt Nam News

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. 

HCM City authorities have announced an extension of the lockdown until the end of September from mid-month as instructed by the Government, and delayed a plan to issue COVID ‘green cards’ until further notice.

PM Chính said supporting millions of disadvantaged students with internet and computers to learn online now would be supporting an entire generation.

Almost one million adults were vaccinated in Hà Nội over the weekend, according to the city’s Health Department.

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái has signed decisions to allocate rice, tents and electricity generators from the national reserves to Gia Lai, Bình Phước and Sóc Trăng provinces to support people affected by the pandemic.

Lê Thanh Truyền, a final-year student of HCM City-based University of Medicine and Pharmacy, starts bringing medicine for COVID-19 patients across the city at 7am every day.

Many patients at the COVID-19 resuscitation hospital in HCM City, managed by Huế Central Hospital, are receiving meals and medication from a robot.