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The upgraded runway surface is covered with mastic, a suitable waterproofing membrane used in all types of green roofs and known for its long-term performance and durability. The runway 1B at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi has been completely rehabilitated following an overall upgrade. On the morning of September 9, flight number CV7923 of Cargolux Airlines (Luxembourg) was the first to land at the airport while flights number VN611 and VN5509 of the national carrier Vietnam Airlines took off on the runway. It is expected that there would be a total of 119 flights taking off and landing at Noi Bai International Airport today. Works to renovate the runway is part of a large-scale project launched last July to renovate the capital city’s airport, according to the Thang Long Project Management Board under the Ministry of Transport. Work on the construction site to renovate the 1B runway of Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi is completed. Photo: Pham …

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Hanoi city has set a target to give the first shot to all residents aged from 18 before September 15. The capital city of Hanoi began injecting one million doses of Vero Cell Covid-19 vaccine for its people and workers of enterprises on September 9 afternoon. The city is trying to speed up the vaccination with a goal of fully inoculating nearly ten million residents against the novel coronavirus to reach the herd immunity and return to the new normal situation as soon as possible. Hanoi began injecting one million doses of the Vero Cell Covid-19 vaccine for its people and workers of enterprises on September 9. Photo: VNA As of September 9, Hanoi has been allocated with 4.3 million doses of vaccines of all kinds, including one million Vero Cell vaccine doses. Tran Thi Nhi Ha, director of the Hanoi Department of Health said that after receiving the Vero Cell doses made by Chinese firm Sinopharm, Hanoi’s authorities have sent them to districts to accelerate …

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Hanoi city has gone nearly two months under a citywide social distancing order starting July 24, the longest since the novel coronavirus first flared up in the country. Hanoi is considering to relax the social distancing rules after September 15 and 21, especially as the capital city is ramping up coronavirus vaccination, according to the municipal Standing Party Committee. Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen said that the city will decide on a plan to loosen restrictions on a number of services. Hanoi has been carrying out large-scale testing and vaccine rollout for people aged 18 and over in order to put the coronavirus situation under control by September 15, Quyen cited, adding that the number of Covid-19 cases in the community has tended to decrease in recent days. Streets around the Hanoi Opera House have been deserted during the period of social distancing. Photo: Thanh Hai “After Hanoi finishes mass Covid-19 testing by …

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Hanoi is expected to ease restriction measures after September 21. As the Covid-19 situation in Hanoi is showing signs of improvement, the local business community has already looked at plans for reopening and adapt to a new normalcy. Production at M2 Company. Photo: Khac Kien At Thai Minh Hi-tech Company in Thach That Industrial Park, Quoc Oai District, 90% of the workforce are in service under the “3-on-site principles” (on-site production, on-site eating, on-site rest) from 40% previously thanks to the loosened restriction measures based on risk assessment. “Such measures have been useful in addressing the issue of labor shortage for companies,” the company’s Director Do Viet Ha told The Hanoi Times . General Director of Garment 10 Company Than Duc Viet said the city’s adoption of stay-at-home orders for the past 40 days has led to disruption in the supply chains, especially in the garment and export activities. “There would be the severe …

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Hanoi has been speeding up disbursement and giving support to the right people through streamlining procedures and being flexible in the application of new solutions. Millions of workers in needy circumstances in Hanoi have accessed support packages with an amount of over VND1 trillion (US$43.9 million) to stabilize their lives and get through a strict social distancing period, according to the Hanoi's Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. Of the total 2.5 million workers, more than 1.6 million workers were delivered a total of nearly VND526 billion (US$23 million), an inter-monthly increase of 6,000 people and over VND9.6 billion (US$421,774) month-on-month. The remainders will receive aid in the coming days. Workers in Xuan La Ward, Tay Ho District of Hanoi are supported with food and essentials to stabilize their lives. Photo: Oanh Tran Some 28 districts and towns of the capital city have issued decisions to support poor and near-poor …

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In the two-month period, over 2,600 household businesses in Hanoi were forced to shut down, and 6,400 others suspended operation, an increase of 22% and 37.8% year-on-year, respectively. As enterprises in Hanoi are bearing brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic, Hanoi’s Department of Taxation has been providing supporting policies to help the business community cope with the situation, including waiving, lowering and extending tax payment. Announcement outside a business establishment Beneficiaries entitled to these supports are businesses, organizations, individuals, and household businesses in the fields of agro-forestry-fishery, food processing, textile, electronics and computers production, automobile, transportation, accommodation, tourism, catering services, among others. The move is in line with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s directive No.11 issued last month detailing measures to support the business community to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic. The …

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The QR-code scanning cameras system is expected to detect Covid-19 patients and people having direct contact with them, as well as those who have been fully vaccinated. Hanoi police on September 14 installed QR-code scanning cameras at 67 Covid-19 checkpoints to minimize the risk of disease transmission in the capital city. At Covid-19 checkpoint in Hanoi. Photo: VNA The system is expected to detect Covid-19 patients and people having direct contact with them, as well as those who have been fully vaccinated. After scanning, a system at the Police Department of Social Order under the Ministry of Public Security will automatically verify the information. People need to fill in their personal information at http://suckhoe.dancuquocgia.gov.vn or VNEID application before hitting the road and show the generated QR code at the checkpoints to be scanned. The code will be valid for 72 hours. Hanoi has recorded 4,074 community cases of Covid-19 since the …

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Restaurants in Hanoi are allowed to resume operations with precautionary measures in place. Hanoi authorities will ease Covid-19 restrictions as of 12:00 pm on September 16 for Covid-19 free districts, the municipal People's Committee said in a document issued today [September 15]. A restaurant owner in Hanoi glues a notice for selling take-away only. Photo: The Hanoi Times According to the Hanoi Department of Health’s report, as of September 14, Hanoi has basically put the pandemic under control. Specifically, the number of cases in the community over the past three weeks has tended to decrease. The capital city has finished testing its entire population through large-scale screening and has administered the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine for all people aged over 18. There remains only one district at very high-risk of coronavirus infection (Thanh Xuan), two districts at high-risk (Hoang Mai and Dong Da), nine at-risk districts (Ba Dinh, Gia Lam, Hai …

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About 500 foreigners were vaccinated at a vaccination center set up in the My Dinh National Stadium, Nam Tu Liem District, on September 15. Foreigners in Hanoi are among the priority groups for administering the jab as the city aims to realize the goals of 100% population aged 18 and over to have the first dose before September 15 in the mass immunization campaign. Starting from September 15, the authority in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi has been holding a mass immunization campaign for foreigners living in My Dinh National Stadium, where has been repurposed into a vaccination point to ensure safety for those showing up for vaccination. The move came as part of the vaccine roll-out and Covid-19 screening conducted simultaneously in every district in Hanoi for both locals and foreigners, as the city aims to soon gradually ease restriction measures and bring normal life back to the people. At the injection site, foreigners are assisted by healthcare workers and volunteer as …

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To be generated a QR code, business owners have to register at the website qr.tokhaiyte.vn. Hanoi has allowed take-away and repair services to resume since September 16 and the facilities must require customers to scan the QR code available at the entrance to declare their health status. Accordingly, restaurants and stores for stationery, textbooks, school supplies, as well as those repairing vehicles, electronics, refrigeration, and home appliances have reopened throughout Hanoi’s 19 districts where no new community infections have been detected in the last 10 days. This is part of the urgent document regulating Covid-19 prevention and control in the capital city signed by Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh. Tam Thu Rice Shop at 118 Doi Can Street in Hanoi has a QR Code that requires visitors to san and makes the medical declaration. Photo: Khanh Huy To be generated a QR code, business owners have to register at the website …

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