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New checkpoints to ease congestion entering capital city Hà Nội prepared for multiple scenarios in latest COVID-19 outbreak HCM City, southern provinces tighten enforcement of COVID-19 regulations PM: home-grown vaccines must ensure safety, efficacy NA to include COVID-19 fight in first session’s resolution 41 students of Tây Nguyên University in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk on Saturday are heading to southern Bình Dương province to offer COVID-19 prevention assistance. Bình Dương reported 785 new cases on Saturday, becoming one of a number of COVID-19 hot spots in the south. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — 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. This is the highest single-day increase recorded to date. Among the new cases, as many as 7,937 cases were locally transmitted. The remaining cases were arrivals …

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COVID-19 infections near 100,000 as new daily record was broken again Hà Nội prepared for multiple scenarios in latest COVID-19 outbreak HCM City, southern provinces tighten enforcement of COVID-19 regulations PM: home-grown vaccines must ensure safety, efficacy NA to include COVID-19 fight in first session’s resolution Traffic police directing vehicles at Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ toll station this morning. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI - The capital city’s functional forces are deploying a number of  solutions to prevent congestion at gateways to the capital, Trần Hưng Hà, Director of the No.1 Road Administration Department has said. On the first day under stricter social distancing measures required under Directive 16, congestion had been reported at a number of checkpoints leading into and out of the city, notably the Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ Highway. Hà said that because the city implemented the stricter social distancing requirements from the early hours of the …

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The 3,977 new cases announced this evening include 27 imported cases and 3,950 local infections detected in Hồ Chí Minh City (3,326), Bình Dương (262), Đồng Nai (99), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (63), Đồng Tháp (46), Bình Thuận (31), Đắk Lắk (24), Cần Thơ (23), Bình Định (12), Bến Tre (9), Ninh Thuận (8 ), An Giang (7), Phú Yên (5), Quảng Ngãi (4), Đắk Nông (4), Hà Nội (4), Vĩnh Phúc (3), Quảng Nam (3), Hậu Giang (3), Hà Nam (2), Bạc Liêu (2), Hà Giang (2), Lâm Đồng (2), Nghệ An (2), Cà Mau (2), Gia Lai (1), and Thừa Thiên Huế (1), 355 of the local cases were found in the community. Today also sees a daily record of 7,968 new infections. …

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COVID-19 infections near 100,000 as new daily record was broken again New checkpoints to ease congestion entering capital city HCM City, southern provinces tighten enforcement of COVID-19 regulations PM: home-grown vaccines must ensure safety, efficacy NA to include COVID-19 fight in first session’s resolution Residents in Lò Đúc Street, in Hà Nội's Hai Bà Trưng District, are tested for COVID-19. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — 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 city's agencies including health, industry, trade, education, and transportation have actively developed plans at different levels to deal with the pandemic if the situation becomes more complicated, he said at a press conference on Saturday morning. Nguyễn Đình Hưng, director of the city's Health Department, said Hà Nội …

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Vietnamese marksman Hoàng Xuân Vinh competes in the men’s 10m air pistol at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today. — AFP/VNA Photo Olympics HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese marksman Hoàng Xuân Vinh failed to defend his Olympic gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday, but there were big wins in the boxing ring and on the badminton court for Vietnamese athletes. Vinh was ousted from the qualifying round of the men’s 10m pistol category after scoring just 573 points to rank 22nd, not enough to progress. Five years ago, he won the country's first ever Olympic gold in the 10m air pistol at the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil. He also won a silver in the men’s 50m pistol. "I tried my best but my result was not as expected," he said. "Today's opponents were all very strong. I have also learned a lot from this world's biggest sport event." The gold medal in this event belonged to Javad Faroughi of Iran with 244.8 points. While Damir Mikec of Serbia and Pang …

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Trần Minh Tâm, director of Sacombank’s Long An branch (left), on behalf of Sacombank, presents VNĐ30 billion to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Long An to support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. — Photo courtesy of the bank HCM CITY — Sacombank on July 23 donated VNĐ30 billion (US$1.3 million) to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Long An Province to support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Also in July, Sacombank donated 15,000 COVID-19 quick test kits worth more than VNĐ2 billion ($86,975) to the Centre for Disease Control of HCM City, 132,000 N95 medical face masks worth nearly VNĐ1.3 billion to a number of agencies, hospitals, People's Committees, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of HCM City, VNĐ1billion to the People's Committee of Gò Vấp District to buy equipment to serve the vaccination campaign, and VNĐ200 million to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of District 3 to prevent the epidemic. Previously, Sacombank …

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Bình Dương Province has more than 600 teams taking samples for SARS-CoV2 tests. VNA/VNS Photo Dương Chí Tưởng HCM CITY— 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. The PM said the first priority of HCM City and southern provinces should be to focus on COVID-19 prevention and control, and maintain and restore production under safe conditions. Enterprises should carry out production and provide meals and lodging for their workers on-site. The PM has instructed ministries and local authorities to ensure that assistance centres and hotlines are set up to help local residents and enterprises facing difficulties. He pointed out that social distancing in several places was still not being carried out strictly. Mass gatherings were still occurring, and non-essential services were being provided. Sites taking test …

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The signing ceremony between The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Accounting and Auditing Supervisory Department. — VNS Photo HCM CITY — The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Finance’s Accounting and Auditing Supervisory Department to improve the quality of human resources and accelerate the development of accounting and auditing to facilitate Việt Nam’s international integration. The institute and the ministry’s accounting and auditing supervisory department will work hand in hand. They will consider mapping out a training programme for certification of International financial reporting standards in Việt Nam. They will periodically organise seminars and conferences to exchange accounting and auditing knowledge, carry out research and share experiences, technical resources and the best practices in accounting and auditing . Deputy Minister of Finance Tạ Anh …

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Olympics Nguyễn Thùy Linh takes Việt Nam's first win at the Olympics after her 2-0 victory in the women's singles badminton event on July 24. AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Olympic Team has made a brilliant start at the Tokyo Games, pocketing two wins in badminton and taekwondo this morning, the first official day of competition. Badminton hopeful Nguyễn Thùy Linh took part in her first Olympics but was unsettled at the prospect of being in the same group as world No 1 Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei. However, Linh, 23, was superb on the court with a win 21-11, 21-11 over  Qi Xuefei of France in the Group P opener that lasted 34 minutes. The win will give her a much-needed confidence boost moving in the next match against Tai who is seeded No 2. "I am over the moon because I have not played for a long time. This victory is worth all that I have done to prepare for the tournament," said Linh. "My coach and I researched her carefully and knew her weaknesses. …

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than 1,400 businesses in the capital, slashing the wages of workers and subsequently making their living conditions that much harder. To ensure production can continue, enterprises have instituted a number of measures that have significantly decreased the monthly income of workers. Notably the majority of workers in industrial parks come from poor, rural areas. And behind those workers are not only themselves, but whole families counting on them. These are some of the up close and personal moments of those workers. Vietnam News Agency's photographer Phan Tuấn Anh and Hoàng Hiếu captured daily life of labourers working at Quang Minh Industrial Park, in the Thăng Long Industrial Zone in the northern outskirts of Hà Nội. An excited, young girl greets her father returning from a long day at work.. — VNA/VNS Photo Phan Tuấn Anh Working families with small children rely on help from grandparents or take days off to look after the …

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