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The Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien urban railway project will be completed by the end of 2023 or early 2024. According to the latest report by the Management Board of HCM City Urban Railway Projects (MAUR), the metro line 1 or Ben Thanh -Suoi Tien metro route has completed 87.5% of the total workload, and is expected to fulfil 91% of the workload by the end of 2021. Since 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the project has faced many difficulties in mobilizing human resources, according to MAUR. Currently, the workforce on the construction site has been significantly reduced due to social distancing measures as workers in locked down areas cannot go to work. When Ho Chi Minh City implemented social distancing in accordance with Directive 16, the investor and contractors applied the 'three on the site’ and the '2 destinations - 1 road' models, but the number of workers for this project continued to drop due to travel restrictions within the city. In the early …

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HCM City Vice Chairman Le Hoa Binh has asked local agencies to urgently work on strategies for Covid-19 prevention and control and economic recovery after September 15. The strategies will be divided into two phases, from September 15 to December 31, and 2022, and will consist of three parts: assessment of the situation; goals and solutions; and suggested policies under the authority of the central government and the municipal government. Specifically, the HCM City Department of Health is assigned to preside over and give advice on strategies and plans for epidemic prevention and control, and social distancing. The HCM City Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs is assigned to give advice on strategies and plans on social security. The HCM City Department of Construction assumes the prime responsibility for, and gives advice, on strategies and plans on improving the quality of housing for workers and resource mobilization. The HCM City Department …

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The southern central province of Binh Dinh has received thousands of local children and pregnant women from HCM City. This morning, September 10, 20 buses transported 450 people to Quy Nhon City from HCM City, including 373 children, 41 pregnant women and 36 sick people. Binh Dinh has received thousands of local children and pregnant women from HCM City The people were sent to quarantine sites or paid hotel services as regulated, except for pregnant women who were allowed for home-quarantine. This is the first 20 among 60 buses the province has planned to send to HCM City for carrying people home from the city, starting from September 9. On Thursday afternoon, a Bamboo Airways flight taking 193 people from HCM City landed at Binh Dinh’s Phu Cat Airport. The passengers were mainly pregnant women, sick people and those who faced difficulties. Earlier, the provincial people’s committee and the Binh Dinh People Association in HCM City held eight flights to …

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The virus epicentre Ho Chi Minh City has reported a fall in the Covid-19 fatality rate since August 22. Treating Covid-19 patients in HCM City On September 10, HCM City Standing Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control announced that after 24 hours from 6 pm on September 8 to 9, the city recorded 5,549 cases, totalling 278,703 cases since the start of the fourth wave on April 27. HCM City hospitals are currently treating over 40,304 patients, including 2,727 child patients. Some 2,816 patients are using ventilators and ECMO. A total of 140,324 patients have recovered and been discharged. On September 8, HCM City reported 203 deaths, a drop of nearly 60% compared to 340 deaths on August 22. In order to prevent more deaths and serious cases, the city will continue to improve the healthcare quality and ensure that there will be enough personnel for the patients. After September 15, depending on the situation, the city may gradually allow hospitals to serve …

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Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Nên (right) talks to traders at a transshipment point at Bình Điền Wholesale Market in District 8. — Photo baotintuc.vn HCM CITY — The reopening of wholesale markets in the city requires strict adherence to safety measures, Nguyễn Văn Nên, secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, said on Wednesday after a visit to Bình Điền Wholesale Market, which set up a transhipment station the previous day (September 7). He praised the efforts of local authorities to develop plans according to various scenarios to ensure safety amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the city. He expressed sympathy toward market traders who had suffered from more than a two-month closure of the city’s largest food and foodstuff wholesale market. The market was closed in July after dozens of COVID-19 cases were found. However, Nên said there was no other choice. “Delay in stamping out the outbreak could have led to serious consequences and created huge …

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HCM City Chairman Phan Van Mai said the participation of private medical facilities in Covid-19 treatment will reduce pressure on the public healthcare system, but private facilities need funding. The city has asked the Prime Minister to allow private medical facilities to collect fees for treating Covid-19 patients. The Ministry of Health had previously asked HCM City to mobilize private medical facilities, especially for treatment to relieve pressure for public health facilities. Surveys show that the procurement of drugs and medical supplies as well as the usage and costs for the treatment of Covid-19 patients between the public and private medical facilities are different. The payment mechanism for covid-19 treatment at the public health system is unsuitable for private medical facilities as it is not enough for private medical facilities to maintain operations. However, if private medical facilities are allowed to collect fees based on actual costs, many …

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A restaurant in HCM City’s Phu Nhuan District that had to close in May due to strict COVID-19 preventive measures. City businesses are hoping for social distancing orders will be relaxed after September 15 so that they can embark on their recovery efforts. — VNA/VNS Photo Hong Giang HCM City businesses are hoping for a gradual relaxation of the months of tough COVID-19 preventive measures that have stymied their activities. The city plans to ease them after September 15 if it is able to control the outbreak. Due to its increasingly stringent preventive efforts over the past three months including closing non-essential businesses and restricting people’s movements, many businesses had to close down temporarily or operate at a bare minimum capacity. An electronic products manufacturer told online newspaper VNExpress that it had virtually no revenues in the last two months, but still had to pay rent, basic salaries and others. Many businesses have said the economy has to …

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Issuing COVID-19 green cards to eligible residents is one of seven strategies that the HCM City Department of Health has proposed after September 15, when the city will make a decision on relaxing social distancing regulations. A pregnant woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine. Photo courtesy of vietnamnet.vn Director of the HCM City Department of Health Tăng Chí Thượng is seeking feedback from the city People’s Committee on COVID-19 prevention strategies to be carried out after September 15. During the outbreak, authorities have implemented multiple solutions such as the three-level treatment regime, treatment of infected cases at home, drug packages for patients at home, new drugs for treatment, and increased vaccine coverage throughout the city. As a result, HCM City is expected to experience a drop in the number of severe cases and deaths after September 15. The fourth wave is expected to be moderately controlled in the time to come. Seven key …

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A restaurant in Phú Nhuận District delivers food on September 9. HCM City is planning to ease its stringent COVID-19 preventive measures from September 15 to facilitate the economy’s recovery. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has identified the vaccination rate, supply of medicines and public compliance with regulations as the three key factors that will affect HCM City’s gradual reopening to facilitate economic recovery and safety from COVID-19. The city plans to ease its tough COVID-19 prevention measures from September 15 if it is able to the bring outbreak under control. Đam said to reopen safely more than 80 per cent of the city’s population aged 18 and above should get their first shot, and medicines and oxygen must be adequately available. People must also get used to and follow COVID-19 preventive measures and social distancing requirements, he said. “The sooner the city can reopen, the more people’s incomes will improve and their struggles …

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A green QR code for who received two dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. — Photo thanhnien.vn HCM CITY — The HCM City People’s Committee plans to issue QR codes to people who have got at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and people who have recovered from the disease to enable them to carry on business activities. Part of efforts to gradually reopen the city's economy starting on September 15, it will see authorities assign a yellow QR code to those with one dose and green in case of two doses and recovered patients. Dương Anh Đức, deputy chairman of the city People's Committee, said vaccination is the top priority now, and people who have received at least one shot would face fewer restrictions. The southern metro, home to 13 million people, has so far administered one shot to over 7.3 million people and two to another 700,000. Nguyễn Hoài Nam, deputy director of its Department of Health, said on Tuesday the city aims to vaccinate its entire adult population (aged over 18) by …

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