More military medical staff sent to southern localities for COVID-19 fight
The meeting was chaired by Lieutenant General Tran Duy Giang, Director of the General Department of Logistics, and attended by representatives of Military Regions 1 and 2 and Military Hospitals 110,...
View ArticleBorder troops urged to further control COVID-19
At the meeting, General Xuan hailed border troops for their high sense of responsibility, effective border management and protection and fight against crimes, illegal immigration as well as effective...
View ArticleVietnam’s biggest city issues stay-home order as COVID-19 deaths soar
Vietnam’s business hub Ho Chi Minh City on Friday announced that its residents will be prohibited from leaving their homes, as the country’s biggest city turns to drastic measures to slow a spiralling...
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More religious volunteers join frontliners in COVID-19 fight
Vice Secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai presents essential supplies to a Buddhist volunteer (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – An additional 115 volunteers who are dignitaries and...
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HCM City calls on people to “stay where they are” as COVID-19 surges
In front of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Headquarters. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are urging its residents to “stay where they are” and each house,...
View ArticleClosed-circuit cameras monitor social distancing in Da Nang
Nguyen Van Loc, a cell secretary for the Phuoc An 4 neighborhood of Phuoc Ninh Ward, Hai Chau District, turned on three cameras Thursday afternoon to keep watch over sections of Le Dinh Duong Street....
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HCM City issues movement curbs from Monday, calls for ‘tightening belts’
People carrying goods out of the EMart Gò Vấp Supermarket in HCM City on Saturday morning. A large number of the city’s residents have rushed to supermarkets and markets to stock up on food and...
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Limited budget hampers HCMC’s efforts to support poor amid Covid
For the past two months, Vo Van Ut, 35, has had no income and had to live off goods provided by his neighborhood and philanthropists. The man, who lives in an apartment in Thanh Xuan Ward, District...
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New Covid-19 infections exceed 11,000 for first time
New Covid-19 infections exceed 11,000 for first time The Saigon Times Residents in HCMC queue up to enter a supermarket in HCMC to buy food and necessities after the city announces to ban residents...
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Companies rush to provide for COVID-19 orders
Companies rush to provide for COVID-19 orders, Illustration photo Dang Quang Vu, head of marketing at An Phu Packing Production Co., Ltd in Ho Chi Minh City, told VIR that it has been inundated with...
View ArticleSix first mobile medical stations for COVID-19 patients launched in Ho Chi...
The first six among the expected 400 mobile medical stations for coronavirus patients have been put into operation in two districts of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. These facilities, including one in...
View ArticleExpatriates in Japan support Vietnamese Paralympic athletes
Speaking at the event on behalf of the community, Buddhist nun Thich Tam Tri, President of the Association of Vietnamese Buddhists in Japan, wished the delegation good health and achievements at the...
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VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS AUGUST 20
VASEP proposes reducing multiple fees for seafood firms The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has proposed reducing many fees, including fees for using infrastructure...
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PM orders tightening social distancing measures
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA) With the spirit of placing people’s health and lives above others, the PM asked Secretaries of the municipal and provincial Party Committees, Chairpersons...
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Today’s Covid News: Vietnam deploys armed forces to Ho Chi Minh City
The armed force will deliver food to residents at home, promote vaccination and enforce the shelter-in-place order. Both military and public security forces from Hanoi have been deployed in Vietnam’s...
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Room remains for Vietnam economy to end 2021 at high note
Public investment, exports, and domestic consumption continue would be the three key factors for Vietnam’s economy this year. While the current Covid-19 outbreak has brought both ups and downs in the...
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PM asks HCMC to conduct Covid-19 tests for all residents during social...
PM asks HCMC to conduct Covid-19 tests for all residents during social distancing period The Saigon Times Residents in HCMC’s District 1 are swabbed for Covid-19 testing. The prime minister has asked...
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Additional 340 mobile military medical units sent to southern localities
At the see-off ceremony (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Military Medical University on August 23 held a ceremony to send 1,096 more medical military officers and students to the south to help Ho Chi...
View Article42nd General Assembly – proof of AIPA cohesiveness, responsiveness: Secretary...
She made the remarks while addressing the first plenary session of the AIPA-42, the second virtual assembly in the 44-year history of the organization, that opened on August 23 morning. “The 42nd AIPA...
View ArticleCMC, MND launch special emulation program to fight COVID-19
Present at the launching ceremony at the MND headquarters in Hanoi were Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang and other deputy defense ministers, leaders of the General Department of Politics, the...
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