Three localities with the highest numbers of cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 5,629 cases, Binh Duong with 3,971 cases and Dong Nai with 960 cases. Of the day's tally, 5,169 cases were detected in the community with unclear sources of transmission while the rest had been contained in quarantine and lockdown areas. The health ministry also confirmed 217 new Covid fatalities, including 188 in Ho Chi Minh City, which was the city's smallest daily death tally in 40 days. Other deaths in the day were 10 in Binh Duong, four in Dong Nai, three in Kien Giang, two each in Tien Giang, Binh Thuan and Da Nang, and one each in Gia Lai, Can Tho, Ninh Thuan, Khanh Hoa, Nghe An and Vinh Long. Dong Nai registered to the national database an addtional 56 Covid deaths that it had recorded earlier. The coronavirus death toll in Vietnam so far is 15,018, accounting for around 2.5 percent of all cases in the country. 12,541 Covid-19 patients were announced recovered, bringing the total tally of …
Vietnam records 11,521 new COVID-19 cases on September 17
COVID-19 vaccination drive in Vinh Phuc province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam reported 11,521 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours to 5pm on September 17, including 15 imported ones, according to the Ministry of Health . Ho Chi Minh City still logged the highest number of daily new infections with 5,972, followed by Binh Duong with 4,013, Dong Nai 345, Long An 273 and Kien Giang 180. The capital city of Hanoi saw 15 cases on the day. The national tally has reached 667,650, ranking 47th out of 222 countries and territories. On September 17, as many as 9,914 patients were given the all-clear, raising the total recoveries to 433,465. Some 5,505 patients are in critical conditions. There were 212 fatalities on the day, taking the total number to 16,637, or 2.5 percent of the infections. More than 630,320 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on September 16, raising the total number of injected vaccine doses to over 33 million. Over 6.18 million …
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City leader visits, encourages SGGP Newspaper’s Covid-19 infectious reporters
Head of the Propaganda and Education Board of the City Party Committee Phan Nguyen Nhu Khue (R) encourages a reporter of SGGP Newspaper. On behalf of the Ho Chi Minh City leaders, Mr. Phan Nguyen Nhu Khue sent encouragements and hoped those people to soon recover their health and continue to fulfill their assigned political tasks as well as perform articles following the Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control missions contributing to bringing the city to the new-normal. In the working session with representatives of SGGP Newspaper , the leader highly appreciated the efforts of SGGP Newspaper’s reporters and staff based on a huge number of the daily articles related to Covid-19 prevention and control with the diverse and inclusive contents of all activities and directions of the city leaders, the presence of the frontline, the backline workers and the units in the Covid-19 fight over the past 100 days. Editor-in-chief of SGGP Newspaper Tang Huu Phong Editor-in-chief …
COVID-19: Daily caseload falls on second consecutive day to nearly 11,500
Vietnam has confirmed 11,478 coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, down by nearly 500 and 1,843 cases respectively compared to the previous two days, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 06.00pm coronavirus update on September 12. Of the new infections, 6,650 cases were detected in the community through test screening or random testing, nine tested positive upon returning to Vietnam from overseas, and the rest were documented in quarantine or lockdown areas. Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong, the two largest coronavirus hotspots, registered 6,158 and 3,188 new cases respectively, accounting for more than four fifths of the total. They were followed by Dong Nai with 974 new cases, Long An 285, Kien Giang 117, Tay Ninh 93 and Tien Giang 80, all in the south. Elsewhere, Quang Binh topped central localities in infection number, recording 61, while Khanh Hoa and Quang Ngai reported 48 and 30 more cases respectively. In the northern region, only two localities confirmed …
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Over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases, 233 fatalities confirmed on Sept 19
A total of 10,040 fresh COVID-19 cases, and 233 deaths regarding the coronavirus were confirmed on September 19 by the Ministry of Health. The southern province of Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh City led the way in term of infection numbers with 5,496, and 2,332, respectively. The four localities recorded hundreds of local cases Dong Nai (953), An Giang (287), Long An (249), and Kien Giang (151). Hanoi reported the detection of a further 20 news infections which were found in lockdown or isolation areas or linked to F1 contacts of previous outbreaks. The new infections brought the country's total number of infections since COVID-19 initially broke out in Vietnam in early 2020 to more than 687,000, ranking 47th among 222 countries and territories. The overall number of recoveries amounted to 457,505 following an additional 9,137 patients being discharged from hospital during the past 24 hours, while the death toll from COVID-19 rose to more than 17,000, with more than 233 …
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Vietnam sees drop in new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Vietnam reported 9,373 new COVID-19 cases, including 13 imported ones, in the past 24 hours to 5pm on September 18, more than 2,000 less than the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health. Ho Chi Minh City still logged the highest number of daily new infections with 4,237, followed by Binh Duong with 2,877, Dong Nai 939, Long An 236, Tien Giang 197, Kien Giang 168 and An Giang 143. The capital city of Hanoi saw 19 cases on the day. The new cases brought the national tally 677,023. On September 18, as many as 14,903 patients were given the all-clear, raising the total recoveries to 448,368. Some 5,477 patients are in critical conditions. There were 220 fatalities on the day, taking the total number to 16,857, or 2.5 percent of the infections. More than 452,800 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on September 17, raising the total number of injected vaccine doses to 33,555,359. Over 6.34 million people have been fully vaccinated./. Source: …
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Provinces and cities nationwide gradually returning to new normal
A host of provinces and cities nationwide have devised plans aimed at bringing daily life back to a new normal as the pandemic shows signs of abating, with positive COVID-19 cases consistently seeing a gradual reduction. Provinces and cities nationwide gradually returning to new normal. Ho Chi Minh City has launched a pilot reopening in District 7, while the central city of Da Nang has lowered the pandemic level and the southern province of Binh Duong has managed to bring COVID-19 under a degree of control. This comes after the country witnessed more than 12,600 people recover from the disease September 14, with the number of new cases nearing 10,500. A series of provinces and cities have also started to resume operations four months on from the initial outbreak. District 7 became the first locality in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15 to declare that the pandemic has been brought under control. As a result, the district will pilot the reopening of activities, …
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Vietnam reports lowest number of daily Covid-19 infections in a month
Vietnam confirmed an additional 8,681 Covid-19 infections on Monday, which was the lowest number of daily infections in a month, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, 8,668 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 38 localities including HCM City (5,171), Binh Duong (1,410), Dong Nai (869), Long An (268), Tien Giang (211), Kien Giang (175), Dak Lak (113), and An Giang (100). There were 13 imported patients confirmed today. The new infection number showed a decrease of 1,357 cases compared to yesterday's figure with some hotspots seeing falling number such as Binh Duong (falling by 922), HCM City (by 325), An Giang (by 187). There were 6,154 infections found in the community. As of Monday evening, 691,285 infections have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April, with some southern localities recording high infections such as HCM City (341,699), Binh Duong (179,705), Dong Nai (40,842), Long …
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New VNA director officially appointed by PM
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính hands over Decision 1496/QD-TTg dated September 10 appointing Vũ Việt Trang as General Director of Vietnam News Agency. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Prime Minister on Tuesday handed over the decision appointing Deputy General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Vũ Việt Trang as the General Director of the agency. On behalf of the Government, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính congratulated Trang on her new position, handing over Decision No 1469/QD-TTg. Trang is the first female General Director of the VNA. The appointment of Ms Vũ Việt Trang to the position of General Director of VNA marked her process of personal growth, and the growth of VNA as well, Chính said. The Prime Minister asked relevant ministries and sectors to coordinate with the VNA and its new General Director so that the agency continues to inherit its glorious tradition and heroic history, while constantly innovating and maintaining its position as a strategic …
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Lao newspaper spotlights strong VNA – KPL ties
At a meeting between the Vietnam News Agency and PathetLao (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – PathetLao Daily, a publication of the Laos News Agency (KPL), front-paged an editorial on the close relationship shared between the KPL and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of the latter’s 76th founding anniversary (September 15). The article highlighted that during the 76 years, under the direct leadership of the Vietnamese Party and State, the VNA has developed and taken the lead in the political-ideological front, effectively implementing its important task of being the top information source of the nation. In 1955, VNA reporters worked in Samnua district in the Lao northern province of Huaphanh – the base of Lao revolutionary forces, it said. They run news that fully reflected the struggle on the political, military and diplomatic fronts as well as socio-economic and cultural affairs in the area, the article added. Over the past many years, VNA officials and …
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