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To speed up mass vaccinations, Ho Chi Minh City will vaccinate its people after 6pm, even though local people are banned from going out from 6pm to 6am. They will receive a document allowing them to go to a vaccination site. The information was released by Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Phan Van Mai at a press conference on the situation of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control in the city on July 28. Two vaccination sites will be set up at each ward. Only people 65 and over and those who have underlying illness must be vaccinated at hospitals. Regarding the policy of allowing Covid-19 patients who have mild or no symptoms to be treated at home and the treatment of Covid-19 patients at concentrated centers in districts, Mai said that, because 70-80% of patients have no or mild symptoms and will recover on their own, if all patients are quarantined at concentrated sites, it will be overloaded. Home quarantine will reduce the …

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Vice secretaries of the municipal Party Committee, Nguyen Thi Le (L) and Nguyen Ho Hai  visit people and the security forces in the blocked sites and bule zones  in Cu Chi and Tan Binh districts amid restrictions on social distance. (Photo: SGGP) Vice Secretary of the City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai sent his good wishes of health to the local people and presented essentials goods to needy individulas in the Ward 15’s quarter 1 and the Ward 13’s quarter 6 in Tan Binh District. Vice Secretary of the City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai (R) visits the local people in Tan Binh District. The delegation also offered medical items to the security force of control stations in the blue zones. In the visit to the quarter 1 in Ward 15, Mr. Hai highly appreciated the public high awareness on protecting their quarters during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr. Nguyen Ho Hai presents essential goods to a needy household. According to head of the quarter 1 Nguyen Van Phu, the …

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Ride-hailing drivers are seeing an increase in delivery orders, but much fewer people needing actual rides. Photo: Le Toan Since the metropolis suspended takeaway and ride-hailing services from July 9, many apps temporarily shut down ride-hailing and food delivery services for 15 days in line with Directive No.16/CT-TTg on the urgent solutions to prevention and fight against COVID -19. Ride-hailing drivers are among 27,000 informal workers to get financial assistance from the city, with municipal authorities launching a second support package for people affected by the pandemic under Resolution No.09/2021/NQ-HDND. It has been more than two weeks since the enforcement of the regulation and food delivery driver Le Van Duong has seen his main income wash away. He does not know how to manage living expenses but has received a small allowance from the ride-hailing firm to pay bills and buy food. He hopes that the upcoming assistance from the city will help him to overcome the …

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Indian General Consul Madan Mohan Sethi speaks at the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The Indian Business Chamber in Vietnam (Incham) on July 30 virtually signed a contract with the Viet Gia Medical Equipment JSC on the purchase of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine imported from Germany. The machine will be presented to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, with the aim of facilitating the treatment for severe COVID-19 patients in the city. It will be purchased using the money contributed by the Indian community living and working in HCM City and other southern localities of Vietnam, together with assistance from the Consulate General of India in the southern hub and Incham . At the signing ceremony, Indian General Consul Madan Mohan Sethi underlined that India and Vietnam have a close-knit traditional friendship and always support each other in times of hardship. He voiced his hope that the ECMO machine …

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Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City treat a patient with COVID-19 (Photo courtesy of the hospital) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Patients with locally acquired COVID-19 showing no symptoms, and with no underlying disease or obesity, will now be under a 14-day home quarantine , according to new guidelines released by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health on July 29. New COVID-19 cases with manageable underlying diseases will also be quarantined at home for 14 days. The new guidelines aim to reduce the overload of COVID-19 patients at healthcare facilities and increase the quality of treatment for COVID-19 patients with moderate and severe symptoms in hospitals. A COVID-19 patient under home quarantine must have a separate room with windows as well as a separate toilet, a trash can with closed lid, and trash bags. Separate rooms are not required if members in a family are all COVID-19 patients. Food and essential supplies must be put on a table placed in …

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By the end of the second quarter of 2021, the company recognised net after-tax profit of VND2.014 trillion ($87.57 million), up 71 per cent on-year. Total consolidated revenue including revenue from sales of goods and service rendering was about VND7.097 trillion ($308.57 million), an increase of 282 per cent over the same period in 2020. Of this, revenue from sales was VND6.344 trillion ($275.83 million), up by 541 per cent on-year, mainly contributed by project handover such as Saigon Royal, Aqua City, NovaHills Mui Ne, Victoria Village, NovaWorld Ho Tram, NovaWorld Phan Thiet; revenue from service rendering and others reached nearly VND753 billion ($32.74 million). As of June 30, 2021, the company’s total assets were recorded at VND171.5 trillion ($7.46 billion), up 18.7 per cent on-year. Inventories were recorded at VND103.241 trillion ($4.45 billion), up 18.9 per cent year-to-date, mostly from an increase of project development costs at Aqua City, NovaWorld Phan Thiet, NovaWorld …

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To stem the spread of Covid-19, authorities of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) are strictly enforcing certain measures for implementation of Prime Ministerial Directive 16 and HCMC Party Committee’s Directive 12. The authorities have been implementing a daily 18:00-06:00 curfew in HCMC since July 26. Covid-19 has posed a serious challenge of obstacles and hardship to our lives. Not only are our health threatened and our lives and jobs in chaos, but also our daily nutritious meals in families are adversely affected because it is impossible to approach sources of safe clean and green vegetables during days of social distancing. Having a deep empathy with the anxiety of distinguished residents in DLRS and all staff, the Board of Directors of Phuc Khang Corporation in cooperation with the Building Management Committee and the Representative Board of Residents funded the second campaign. On July 27, 2021, the second campaign “Giving vegetables with compassion and fighting Covid-19 with …

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The announcement was heard during a conference held by the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) on July 30 in Hanoi to roll out missions for August. Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff chaired the event. Regarding its task performance in July, the General Staff has directed units throughout the military to strictly ensure combat readiness, recommended the higher levels to address arising situations, and work with relevant forces to ensure safety for important political events in the country. Meanwhile, the Vietnam Border Guard Command maintained COVID-19 checkpoints along the borderlines while strictly managing and preventing illegal border crossings in the areas where they are stationed. Moreover, the General Staff also mobilized troops and vehicles to support localities, especially Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces, in the fight against the pandemic and search and rescue missions. Addressing the conference, General Cuong …

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This was the first batch out of five million doses of Vero Cell that Saigon Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Sapharco) had negotiated with partner Sinopharm, the Health Ministry stated. Earlier, the ministry licensed the Ho Chi Minh City-based firm to import five million doses of Sinopharm to speed up its vaccination campaign. The vaccine, called Vero Cell, is produced by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co. Ltd. Vietnam approved emergency use of the vaccine on June 4. In a press release issued by Sinopharm in Vietnam in late May, the Chinese company stated Vero Cell efficacy was estimated at 79.34 percent. HCMC, epicenter of the ongoing wave, will receive about 13.8 million doses of Covid vaccines this year, ensuring 99 percent of people over 18 would be inoculated. In August alone, the city is expected to have around five million of these doses. So far, the city of more than 7.2 million people of 18 years or older has vaccinated 1.5 million people. The …

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Travelers could purchase a tour packages and depart at any time before the end of next year. A representative of Hanoi-based CEO Travel said the company has been offering a voucher to stay at 5-star Best Western Premier Sonasea Phu Quoc Hotel with prices starting from VND499,000 ($21.71) a person, including a one night stay in a Deluxe Garden View room, free take-away breakfast, airport pick-up and drop-off and free entertainment services. This price has decreased by more than 50 percent after the new wave reemerged in late April. The validity of the voucher extends until the end of 2022. Since July 15, the company has sold more than 20,000 vouchers. Phu Quoc Island is one of top tourist destinations in Vietnam and is planning to welcome vaccinated foreign tourists back from October. Nguyen Duc Hieu, chief sales executive at Hanoi-based tour operator Aadasia Holidays, said his company has been providing travel vouchers with prices reduced from 20 to 50 percent, allowing …

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