Da nang to ho chi minh

Editor's note: The story below is written by Ton Nu Thi Ninh, president of the Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation, in response to Tuoi Tre newspaper's 'Ho Chi Minh City Goes Global' contest. It was edited by Tuoi Tre News for clarity, consistency, and coherence. I myself find the 'Ho Chi Minh City Goes Global' contest exciting and as an open forum, it has been launched quite timely. I have been interested in building a national brand for Vietnam for decades. As the financial and economic hub of the country, Ho Chi Minh City also needs proactive and effective branding. Now may be a good time to begin. Let me share some opinions in this field. First, I’d like to clarify why this city needs branding. It’s because Southeast and East Asia are the world of tough competition, where South Korea not long ago established a nation branding unit under the president’s office, which was in charge of speeding up the Korean Wave campaign, and the city-state of Singapore … [Read more...] about Branding a key to raise Ho Chi Minh City’s global position

The Ministry of Health confirms 112 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday noon Elsewhere in the country, the Department of Health of the Central City of Da Nang confirmed on Friday afternoon the detection of a local Covid-19 case after the central city had gone one month without recording community infections. The infection case if a 59-year-old security guard at Duy Tan Company on Dien Bien Phu Street in Thanh Khe District. He started to experience fatigue sore throat and running nose on June 14. He was later tested by Gia Dinh (Family ) Hospital in Hai Chau District and his test result came out to be positive for SARS-CoV-2. In addition, the central city also announced a man from the Central Province of Nghe An tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The man had transported lychee from the Northern Province of Bac Giang on June 12 to the wholesale market Hoa Cuong in Hai Chau District and Hoa Khanh Market in Lien Chieu District and then returned to Nghe An on the night. The … [Read more...] about Vietnam reports 112 new Covid-19 cases including 64 in Ho Chi Minh City

The event was held jointly by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Ministry of Education and Training, and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. Particularly, the Military Youth Team finished top on the list with 520 points, followed by the Khanh Hoa and Da Nang teams with 390 and 350 points, respectively. At the event, contestants showed their knowledge of philosophy, Marxism-Leninism, political economics, Marxist-Leninist political economics, scientific socialism and President Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts. They also showed their understanding about the careers of revolutionary leaders, domestic and foreign workers' movements, and patriotic movements. During the contest, participating young people also shared their knowledge of the application of Marxism-Leninism and President Ho Chi Minh's thoughts to socio-economic development in the context of industrialization, … [Read more...] about Young troops join contest on Marxism-Leninism and President Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts

An official from the Department of Health of Da Nang confirmed on Friday afternoon the detection of a local COVID-19 case, who had come into direct contact with a driver from Ho Chi Minh City, after the central city had gone one month without recording community infections. H., a 59-year-old security guard at a company on Dien Bien Phu Street in Thanh Khe District, was among the firm’s workers having their samples collected for COVID-19 testing by Family Hospital in Hai Chau District. H.’s test results later returned positive for the novel coronavirus. According to epidemiological investigation results, on June 6 and 10, the patient handled two vehicles transporting imported goods from Ho Chi Minh City to his company’s warehouse. There were three people from Ho Chi Minh City, currently a COVID-19 hotbed in Vietnam, on each vehicle. On June 15, the driver of the shipment on June 10, N.V.V., was determined to have caught the disease and registered as patient No. 12,190. V.’s … [Read more...] about Da Nang records first local coronavirus case in one month, related to driver from Saigon

Da Nang reinstated several measures against the coronavirus epidemic on Sunday, including closure of beaches and suspension of sit-down services at restaurants, according to the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. Phan Van Son, deputy chief of the Da Nang People’s Committee Office, confirmed the measures on Saturday. The ban follows the emergence of a new COVID-19 cluster in Da Nang with 23 infections detected as of Saturday evening. All of these cases were linked to a guard of a local plastics factory, who had been confirmed positive for the pathogen on Friday afternoon. He was deemed at high risk of infection after being listed as a close contact of a driver from Ho Chi Minh City, who tested positive for the virus on Tuesday. Da Nang had not recorded a single community coronavirus case for a month before H.’s diagnosis. This track record allowed local beaches and dine-in services to be reopened on June 9 after a month-long closure for … [Read more...] about Da Nang reintroduces beach closure, dine-in ban as new COVID-19 cases emerge