On the September 3 flight that brought the Vietnamese football team home from the Saudi capital Riyadh, there were also women domestic workers who had been stuck for months in a deportation center. One of them was Lang Thi Thu, an ethnic Thai from Con Cuong, Nghe An Province. Thu had gone to Saudi Arabia in 2017 on a two-year contract. However, after the contract expired, she continued to work for her employer to earn enough money to build a house for her family. During her six years as a domestic worker, she had no days off and had to work from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. Thu says: "I asked my employer to let me go home, I wanted a break to go home since my limbs had become numb; I could not feel them any more." But after many unsuccessful requests, she decided to run away and complain to the police. However, under the abusive Kafala sponsorship system that governs migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, people like Thu do not have the right to quit or change jobs, except in certain special …
Additional 16,052 Covid-19 infections announced on Saturday
An additional 16,052 Covid-19 infections were reported in Vietnam on Saturday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 1,197,404, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, 16,037 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 60 out of 63 localities in the country including HCM City (1,773), Can Tho (954), Binh Duong (716), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (697), Tay Ninh (3,676), Dong Thap (604), Bac Lieu (574), Dong Nai (567), Binh Thuan (562), Vinh Long (539), Soc Trang (449), Kien Giang (427), Ca Mau (422), Tra Vinh (328), An Giang (324), Hanoi (310), Hau Giang (287), Ben Tre (265), and Khanh Hoa (239). There were 15 imported patients confirmed today. The new infections showed a decrease of 46 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 7,160 infections found in the community. As of Saturday evening, 1,192,200 infections had been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April. Some localities that have …
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Vietnam reports more than 16,000 new COVID-19 cases
The Ministry of Health logged 16,067 more COVID-19 infections in Vietnam on Saturday, together with 1,668 recoveries and 148 fatalities. The latest cases, including 15 imported and 16,052 domestic transmissions, were logged in 60 provinces and cities, the ministry said, adding that 7,160 patients contracted the virus in the community. Tay Ninh Province recorded 3,676 of the local cases, Ho Chi Minh City 1,773, Can Tho City 954, Binh Duong Province 716, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 697, Dong Thap Province 604, Binh Thuan Province 562, Hanoi 310, Khanh Hoa Province 239, Ha Giang Province 165, Lam Dong Province 159, Bac Ninh Province 137, Thua Thien-Hue Province 106, Da Nang 66, Quang Nam Province 59, Hai Phong City 22, and Quang Ninh Province 15. Vietnam had detected 13,094 locally-acquired infections on Friday. The country has found 1,192,200 community transmissions in all its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave erupted on April 27. A total of 954,107 of them have …
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