Việt Nam News

A total of 11,932 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to more than 600,000.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has identified the vaccination rate, supply of medicines and public compliance with regulations as the three key factors that will affect HCM City’s gradual reopening to facilitate economic recovery and safety from COVID-19.

The HCM City People’s Committee plans to issue QR codes to people who have got at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and people who have recovered from the disease to enable them to carry on business activities.

The HCM City Department of Health has directed medical facilities to step up COVID-19 testing, especially of people with suspected symptoms, to slow down the spread of the virus in the community.

Farmers in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận are investing more in marine aquaculture as they sell for high prices.

Volunteers are looking after newborns night-and-day in Ho Chi Minh City

This school year is the second for the education sector to implement online teaching due to COVID-19, however, teachers, students and parents still have many difficulties.

Issuing COVID-19 green cards to eligible residents is one of several strategies that the HCM City Department of Health has proposed after September 15, when the city will make a decision on relaxing social distancing regulations.

Typhon Conson is heading to the north central region with heavy rains of up to 350mm, the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre has reported.

Việt Nam confirmed a further 13,321 new COVID-19 infections on Friday with more than half in HCM City.

More than 1,500 patients who have recovered from COVID-19 have volunteered to help hospitals, medical facilities and quarantine areas in HCM City, according to the city Department of Health.   

The reopening of wholesale markets in the city requires strict adherence to safety measures, Nguyễn Văn Nên, secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, said on Wednesday after a visit to Bình Điền Wholesale Market, which set up a transhipment station the previous day (Sept 7).

COVID-19 update

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.

The Vietnamese health ministry on Friday gave conditional approval for use in emergencies for Made-in-UAE COVID-19 vaccine Hayat-Vax, the seventh to obtained such authorisation.

The mass COVID-19 vaccination is being conducted successfully in Hà Nội, and the city now can administer more than 300,000 doses daily – the highest amount so far, said Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long.