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Nguyễn Thị Lệ, chairwoman of the People’s Council, speaks at the opening session of the two-day People’s Council meeting on Monday in HCM City. Photo hcmcpv.org.vn HCM CITY — HCM City authorities have announced that the country’s pandemic hotspot has contained its largest-ever COVID outbreak and is ready to reopen the economy, Nguyễn Thị Lệ, chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council, said at a meeting on Monday. Speaking at the opening session of the third People’s Council meeting, Lệ said: “Today I officially announce all 21 districts and Thủ Đức city have been able to control the outbreak, and are ready to enter the ‘new normal’ phase of the reopening.” Lệ attributed the pandemic prevention achievements to the combined efforts of both the people and city government. The achievements, however, have come at a high cost as the city has not met its economic targets, she said, referring to the socio-economic situation in the first nine months. “Prolonged lockdown measures …

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The exodus of migrant workers will cause severe labour shortage for HCM City and southern provinces. VNA/VNS Photo By Vân Nguyễn Đặng Trọng Hà, 27 years old, from central province of Nghệ An, moved to southern Đồng Nai Province in April with the hope of finding a well-paid job. He had no idea COVID-19 would strike the region and leave workers like him jobless and stuck at home for months. After losing his job at a shoe company and spending nearly five months in Đồng Nai without any income and support, he set out for his hometown in Nghệ An Province, about 1,300km away, on motorbike, the longest motorbike trip he ever took. “Sài Gòn is no longer the promised land for workers like me,” Hà said while he was staying at a quarantine facility in his hometown following his trip. “For me, there will be no return to the southern region. After quarantine, I will return home, find a job in my hometown or in the Hà Nội area to earn money, learn a foreign language to make me …

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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport permit airlines to resume domestic air routes as normal from December if the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled well nationwide. The CAAV has submitted a draft plan on the operation of domestic flights between October 21 and November 30 after 10 days of the trial reopening of domestic air routes. It suggested that the flight frequency on the routes of Hanoi - Da Nang, Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang - HCM City for each airline should not be over 10 percent higher than the average that carrier operated in the first week of April 2021, before the fourth wave of infections began. Accordingly, there will be six flights per day for each route (two by Vietnam Airlines, two by Vietjet Air, one by Bamboo Airways, and one by Pacific Airlines). Each of other routes will have no more than one round-trip flight by one carrier per day, the …

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Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chairs the meeting on Sunday. —VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The COVID-19 pandemic has been basically brought under control nationwide five months since the outbreak of the fourth wave ravaged the country, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính at an online meeting on Sunday. The meeting was held between the Government leader and authorities of 63 localities to review COVID-19 prevention and control measures and discuss socio-economic recovery in the future. PM Chính said the Government on October 11 issued Resolution No 128 on the adoption of provisional guidelines on safe and flexible living with COVID-19. Following the resolution, many provinces and cities have relaxed social distancing and gradually moved to live safely and flexibly with COVID-19. He stressed that COVID-19 prevention and control must be implemented consistently across the country. Based on the outcomes of the meeting, the Government and the National Steering Committee for …

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An event to celebrate local businesses’ contributions to combating the COVID outbreak while also keeping the economy afloat in Đắk Nông Province on October 13. The province is focusing on improving its investment climate and simplifying administrative procedures. — Photo nld.com.vn ĐẮK NÔNG — Đắk Nông strives to improve its investment climate and welcome businesses and investors to the province, Ngô Thanh Danh, its Party Committee Secretary has said. Speaking at an event held to honour local businesses’ contributions to the province’s efforts to ensure economic growth while also staying safe from the COVID-19 pandemic, he said in the year-to-date Đắk Nông’s economy had grown by 7.72 per cent. Retail sales and exports also saw growth, he said. The province has been focusing on improving its investment and business climate and offering assistance to key projects in various fields such as solar and wind energy, industrial and agricultural products with high added value and …

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A woman walks past a panel in Hà Nội on Sunday advising people to wear masks to protect themselves, their family and the society against COVID-19. — VNA/VNS Photo Thành Đạt HÀ NỘI — Deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên urged local administrations to not set policies that go against the spirit and letter of the Government’s Resolution 128 , released last week on the national plan to live with COVID-19. He made the remarks on Monday's roundtable held by the Việt Nam Government Portal on the temporary national framework on COVID-19 response, as public and businesses’ frustration grows with varied regulations from different localities to deal with the severe and persistent fourth wave of COVID-19. Tuyên reiterated that the fourth wave has changed Việt Nam’s approach from total elimination of COVID-19 to living safely with the disease while promoting socio-economic development. However, he noted that we still need to detect cases and localise locked-down areas to the …

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Taking sample for COVID-19 testing. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam on October 17 reported 3,193 new infections of COVID-19, including 18 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health. The figure is 36 cases lower than the previous day. HCM City detected the highest number of infections with 1,059, followed by Binh Duong province with 537 and Dong Nai province with 517. The national tally now stands at 864,053, including 859,372 cases recorded since the fourth coronavirus wave hit the country in late April. The Ministry of Health also reported that 3,413 patients nationwide are in serious conditions, with 473 requiring invasive ventilation and 21 on life support (ECMO). On the same day, the country saw 63 deaths from the disease. The death toll now hits 21,194. A further 1,340 patients were given the all-clear on the day, taking the total recoveries to 791,844. By October 16, the country had injected nearly 61.92 million doses of …

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Employees in SHTP keep distance while working At the seminar, Deputy Director of the city Department of Information and Communications Vo Thi Trung Trinh said that the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City has so far achieved positive results. From October 1, Ho Chi Minh City implemented Directive 18 with many regulations to expand production and business activities; therefore, the application of QR codes for businesses and organizations is one of the necessary solutions. HCMC authorities are about to issue a set of business safety assessment criteria, through which businesses can make a plan to handle the epidemic if their employees contract the disease. Moreover, based on the Department of Information and Communications’ database, businesses can develop specialized applications for their epidemic prevention and control. Businesses have proposed that SHTP should soon put Covid-19 treatment facility in SHTP into operation as well as plan how to treat …

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