Hanoi started quarantining all people returning from pandemic-hit areas in dedicated facilities from July 22 as an effort to control the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh’s latest dispatch.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and a working delegation had a meeting with the People’s Committee of Vinh Long on July 21, during which he recommended the Mekong Delta province mobilise all resources and speed up testing and contact tracing to quickly push back COVID-19.
The Hanoi Department of Health urges its preventive medicine units to step up screening COVID-19 testing targeting people considered at-risk as the city has seen a spike in locally-infected cases over the last several days.
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung has said the capital city will maintain the collective strength of the entire political system to combat the COVID-19 pandemic
Hanoi has decided to suspend all non-essential services, including restaurants (only takeaways accepted) and hair salons, as well as entertainment activities, physical exercises and large gatherings in parks, gardens and public locations from 0:00 on July 13.
Hanoi will suspend all non-essential services, including restaurants (only takeaways accepted) and hair salons, as well as entertainment activities, physical exercises and large gatherings in parks, gardens and public locations from 0:00 on July 13.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 11 requested the southern border province of Tay Ninh to take actions to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading out in the community, strictly monitor those coming from pandemic-hit areas, and control the border.
The southern province of Dong Nai has decided to apply social distancing measures within 15 days from 0:00 on July 9 in accordance with the Prime Minister’s Directive No.16/CT-TTg dated March 31, 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic has been developing complicatedly in the locality.
Hanoi will strictly monitor people returning from pandemic-hit areas who are requested to be tested for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 three times and quarantined at home within seven days.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a dispatch requiring intensified efforts to better COVID-19 prevention and control amidst complex developments of the pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s largest economic hub.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said that pandemic prevention and control efforts should continue to follow his previous instructions but in a more rigorous and united manner.
Despite impacts from two waves of COVID-19 outbreaks in the first half of this year, especially on industrial hubs, Vietnam still posted gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.64 percent and its export revenue rose 28.4 percent over the same period last year.
Close to 5,100 Dignity Kits sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have been delivering to women and girls at risk of gender-based violence as a result of the COVID-19 in the three pandemic-hit areas of Bac Giang, Bac Ninh provinces, and Ho Chi Minh City.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam has presented 5,100 Dignity Kits to women and girls at risk of gender-based violence as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, and Ho Chi Minh City.
The Hanoi Department of Health has directed relevant units to conduct random COVID-19 testing for between a week and ten days targeting about 1,000 people at the Noi Bai international airport.
Facing the COVID-19 resurgence that is spreading fast and strongly affecting the entire society, travel firms in Hanoi are taking actions to minimise losses and prepare for recovery in the new context.
The COVID-19 health crisis and resulting wide-ranging and deeply-felt economic upheaval has flipped the logistics industry on its head, leaving ill-protected freight firms in dire need of emergency State support to survive hardships.
A host of events and activities will be held virtually on Cashless Day 2021 (June 16) to raise public awareness of non-cash payment and contribute to achieving goals set by the national financial inclusion strategy by 2025, with a vision towards 2030.
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