Bình Dương lifts COVID restrictions in city

The Bình Dương Province People’s Committee has lifted a ban to allow people in Thủ Dầu Một City who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to travel within the city.

Support for frontline workers urgently needed

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn, head of the ministry’s special taskforce in HCM City for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, has sent a document to the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control outlining the dire conditions for medical staff and proposals to improve them.

PM asks localities to complete testing by September 15

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has requested localities under social distancing rules to complete testing of the entire population by September 15 to eliminate the source of COVID-19 infection from the community. 

Localities told to brace for typhoon Conson

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control asked authorities of northern and central provinces to ensure fishing vessels find shelter as typhoon Conson has entered the East Sea and is forecast to strengthen.

Doctors work to treat COVID-infected drug addicts

Phạm Phú Bình, a doctor at a quarantine and treatment area for drug addicts who have coronavirus in Nha Trang City, central Khánh Hoà Province, has become used to dispensing medicine to addicts in the area.

HCM City considers issuing 'vaccine green cards'

HCM City is looking into a “vaccine green card” system to allow eligible residents to travel and work under fewer COVID-19 restrictions, facilitating the economy’s recovery, according to Phan Văn Mãi, chairman of the city People’s Committee.

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