The Hà Nội Department of Justice has announced sanctions for 16 activities violating regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control in which the highest fine is up to VNĐ200 million ($8,700) along with a criminal trial, as the city enforces Government Directive 16.
The Hà Nội Department of Transport on Sunday issued a document requesting registration for employees to be allowed to transport essential goods for supermarket services and postal businesses by motorbikes.
The transport departments of HCM City and all provinces must work to ensure the smooth circulation of essential goods, while the ministries of Industry and Trade and Agriculture and Rural Development will maintain supply chains during social distancing regulations under Governemt Directive 16.
Việt Nam has received more than three million doses of the Moderna vaccine donated through the COVAX Facility by the US Government, UNICEF have announced.
On World Drowning Prevention Day July 25, Dr Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Việt Nam, speaks about the importance of drowning prevention and the measures necessary to protect children from drowning in Việt Nam.
The total number of COVID-19 infections recorded in Việt Nam, since the first case was recorded last year, was 90,939 today with the country reporting a further 7,968 new cases.
From Saturday morning, the first day Hà Nội applied stricter social distancing measures under Directive 16, the inspection force have co-ordinated with the city’s functional forces to deploy solutions to prevent congestion at the gateways to the capital, Trần Hưng Hà, Director of the No.1 Road Administration Department (at the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam) said.
Hà Nội has developed plans to respond to a range of possible scenarios as the number of local COVID-19 infections increases, Deputy Secretary of the Hà Nội Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Phong has said.
The Government will continue creating the best possible conditions for HCM City and southern provinces to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said at a meeting on July 23.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has directed the development and production of home-grown vaccines to move faster but has said their safety and efficacy must be ensured.
For nearly a month, despite the hot days and dark rainy nights, the medical teams, police, army, and volunteers in Phú Yên Province have gone to great lengths to firmly hold the frontline combatting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hà Nội will apply strict social distancing measures across the city from 6am on Saturday July 24 to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest dispatch issued by local authorities on Friday evening.
