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Soldiers and militiamen have been mobilized to the southern city after it imposed the shelter-in-place order, which has lasted for nearly a month. A force of more than 132,000 soldiers and militiamen have participated in the fight against Covid-19 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s epicenter of the pandemic. Military medics before leaving Hanoi for the pandemic fight in HCMC. Photo: VNA The force was sent to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) when it imposed the shelter-in-place ruling on August 23, according to Dinh Thanh Phong from the General Political Department, the Vietnam People’s Army. Among soldiers, more than 2,000 military medics have been mobilized to join the battle in which they specialize in providing first aid, taking care, and treating F0. Meanwhile, militiamen and soldiers guard the checkpoints, maintain order and anti-pandemic regulations, help people in quarantine facilities, and provide relief to the needy and vulnerable people. Especially, more …

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Tetra Pak has cooperated with MM Mega Market Vietnam to launch public drop-off stations for used beverage cartons at seven MM Mega Market centers in HCM City and Hanoi . (Photo: Tetra Pak ) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Swedish food processing and packaging solutions provider Tetra Pak has cooperated with MM Mega Market Vietnam to launch public drop-off stations for collecting used beverage cartons at seven MM Mega Market centres in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in 2020. Consumers can take used beverage cartons to those public drop-off stations for recycling. Cartons are then collected periodically twice a month by Lagom and NHC – Tetra Pak’s partners – and transported to Dong Tien paper factory in Binh Duong povince for recycling. MM Mega Market is a large wholesaler and retailer in Vietnam with a network of 20 centres in 15 provinces and cities nationwide. MM Mega Market is known as a pioneer in environment protection with practical initiatives such as …

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Associations of businesses have asked the Prime Minister to issue new directives on pandemic prevention and control to replace Directives 15 and 16 with regulations that fit the new circumstances. Localities should be allowed to conduct random examinations on people in transfer vehicles at departures and destinations. Enterprise associations in the fields of textile and garment, footwear, beverage, plastics, seafood processing, paper and pulp, forestry, dairy production, and food and foodstuff signed a document to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh containing a strategic proposal on "preventing and controlling the pandemic by points" to recover production and business safely in the new conditions. The social distancing during the fourth Covid-19 outbreak in Hanoi, HCM City and southern provinces has lasted 2-3 months, which has put a lot of businesses at risk of going bankrupt, disrupted supply chains, and caused workers to lose jobs, and made it more difficult for farmers and …

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Vietnam confirmed an additional 9,373 Covid-19 infections on Saturday as many localities reported falling number of new infections, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, 9,360 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 33 localities including HCM City (4,237), Binh Duong (2,877), Dong Nai (939), Long An (236), Tien Giang (197), Kien Giang (168), An Giang (143), and Dak Lak (91). There were 13 imported patients confirmed today. The new infection number showed a decrease of 2,146 cases compared to yesterday's figure in which HCM City falling by 1,735 cases, Binh Duong by 1,136 cases, and Long An 37 cases. There were 4,827 infections found in the community. As of Saturday evening, 672,592 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 (331,032), Binh Duong (175,963), Dong Nai (39,020), Long An (30,079), and Tien …

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