Pregnant women must make choice on vaccines HCM City offers assistance to children orphaned by COVID-19 HCM City's Củ Chi District, District 7 find effective ways to control the outbreak 'No one is left behind': Việt Nam's authorities provide support for foreigners amid the pandemic Expats face tough time amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Việt Nam The HCM City Health Department has asked the People's Committees of districts and Thủ Đức City to submit a list of the number of people aged 18 and over who have not received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. – VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY – The HCM City Department of Health has directed the People’s Committees of districts and Thủ Đức City to submit lists of the number of people aged 18 and over who have not received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The lists will help the health department reserve and distribute the appropriate number of vaccine doses to specific areas. The department has asked local …
Airfare scheme may deprive 43 million passengers of opportunity to fly at low cost
If a proposed airfare scheme is applied, the fees will make it impossible for low-income earners to travel by air. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) scheme says the minimum airfare would be equal to 20 percent of the maximum fare. The proposal has stirred up the public. Experts warn that the scheme, if applied, will not only eliminate zero-dong and cheap air tickets, but also make domestic flight tickets two or three times more expensive. The cheapest return ticket for the Hanoi-HCM City air route, for example, would be VND2.7-3 million, including taxes and fees, much higher than the current VND1 million. According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), the average income per capita in 2020 was VND4.2 million a month, while the family average spending level was VND2.89 million per head per month. The figures are predicted to be lower in 2021 because of the Covid-19 crisis. Luong Hoai Nam, a tourism and aviation expert, said the most affected people are low …
11,521 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Friday
A medical staff takes samples of a boy for a SARS-CoV-2 test in An Phú District, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Sang HÀ NỘI — A further 11,521 new COVID-19 infections were recorded in Việt Nam on Friday, increasing the caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 667,650. There were also a further 212 COVID-related fatalities. Fifteen of the new infections were imported and the rest were all domestic. HCM City recorded the most with 5,972 cases, followed by Bình Dương with 4,013 and Đồng Nai with 345. Hà Nội recorded 12 new cases on Friday, all in quarantined or lockdown areas. The capital city has not detected any community cases in the past two days. Friday was also the day Hà Nội recorded the lowest number of cases in the past two months. Other localities that reported new infections were Long An (273), Kiên Giang (180), Tiền Giang (118), Tây Ninh (114), An Giang (106), Quảng Ngãi (52), Cần Thơ (50), Quảng Bình (37), Đồng Tháp …
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