Covid 19

According to Sai Gon Giai Phong (SGGP) Newspaper’s reporters, apart from functional forces, doctors and medical workers, traffic participants were those people having a schedule of vaccination and shippers. Congestion even happened at the Covid-19 checking points as a huge number of traffic participants have to show travel passes, check QR Code on movement declaration via cameras at the checking points. Notably, hundreds of app-based shippers crowded and long queued to wait for their turns at the Covid-19 testing point in Nguyen Van Luong Street, Ward 7, Go Vap District in this early morning causing long-lasting congestion. Many people are concerned about the high infection risks of Covid-19. Therefore, many shippers expected that the city health sector will arrange more Covid-19 testing points to avoid the long-awaited situation. Some photos featuring crowded streets in HCMC this morning: By Chi Thach- Translated by Huyen Huong …

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The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 5,171 cases, Binh Duong with 1,410 cases and Dong Nai with 869 cases. Of the day's tally, 6,154 cases were detected in the community. The new cases pushed up the domestic tally in the current wave to 691,286. The health ministry also confirmed 6,821 discharges the same day, bringing the total tally of recovered cases so far to 464,326. 215 deaths were announced Monday, raising the death toll to 17,305, or 2.5 percent of infections. The average number of new cases in the country for the past seven days has been 10,160 a day while the national death rate over the past week has been 234 a day on average. Over 34.55 million people have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot, in which 6.64 million people have been fully vaccinated. …

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In a resolution issued Monday on buying Cuba’s Abdala vaccine, produced by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), the government said the doses will be procured by a contractor chosen in line with the Law on Bidding for "special cases." The resolution accepts the usual disclaimers for emergency use vaccines and that any contract dispute will be handled in accordance with Cuban law. In case the two parties in the contract cannot reach an agreement, the settlement shall be based on the Arbitration Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, France. The purchase decision follows the Health Ministry granting emergency use approval for Cuba’s Abdala Covid-19 vaccine Friday. The vaccine employs a traditional approach by using a part of the spike protein, which the virus uses to bind to human cells, to build up the immune reaction. Cuba approved emergency use of the Abdala vaccine on July 9 after manufacturers announced it was more than 92 …

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The Vietnamese economy in the third quarter of 2021 has been severely affected by COVID-19, with all facets of the economy and enterprises left in the lurch. In this context, many commercial banks have taken the initiative in reducing cost and profit targets while increasing packages of preferential loans to give more support to people and enterprises. BAC A BANK always accompanies enterprises and individuals with preferential loans In addition to its fight against the pandemic and ensuring its staff and customers at transaction spots and keeping smooth operations to serve the economy’s demands, BAC A BANK has earmarked many types of attractive incentives for individual customers within September 7 to December 31, 2021, with the loans disbursed before January 31, 2022 at all branch systems of BAC A BANK nationwide. The preferential loans are aimed to help the customers to purchase real estate and automobiles, build and/or repair houses, supplement loans, and invest …

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Since August, Vietnam’s export sector has started to feel the devastating effects of the pandemic and strict social distancing measures in many localities nationwide plus the disruption of supply chains and production. According to a report by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT), Vietnam’s export sales in August 2021 were estimated at US$26.2 billion, a decline of 6% from July. Of this, the domestic sector gained US$6.94 billion, down by 9.7% from the previous month, while the foreign investment sector—including crude oil—reached US$19.26 billion, down by 4.5%. Compared with the same period of last year, August export value fell by 5.4%, of which the domestic sector saw a drop of 13.9% and the foreign investment sector, including crude oil, suffered a slight decline of 1.9%. During the Jan. – Aug. period, goods export sales reached US$212.55 billion, a rise of 21.2% year on year. Also in August, the annualized revenues of the three key export groups all dropped, of …

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Famous vocalist Y Jang Tuyn — Photo courtesy of Y Jang Tuyn HCM CITY — Singer Y Jang Tuyn, 42 years old, famous vocalist from the Bana ethnic group passed away this morning after a month of COVID-19 treatment. The singer's nephew Thảo An shared, the family is waiting for the cremation procedure to receive his ashes. Tuyn had a history of high blood pressure, treated COVID-19 at the field hospital No 13 in mid-August, then transferred to Chợ Rẫy hospital on September. In the first two weeks, he was in good health, can communicate with people via text messages. However, the situation worsened, he had to breathe with an ECMO machine. Before testing positive for COVID-19, the male singer celebrated his birthday through a livestream. Y Jang Tuyn sang for the fans for three hours straight and encouraged everyone to be optimistic and love each other to overcome the difficulties of the epidemic. Y Jang Tuyn was born in 1979. He represents the class of modern Central Highlands …

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A man gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in Hanoi's Hoan Kiem district. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam logged an additional 10,040 COVID-19 cases, including 15 imported, in the past 24 hours to 17:00 on September 19, the Ministry of Health announced. Ho Chi Minh City, which is the country’s current largest pandemic hotspot, reported the highest number of infections with 5,496 cases. It was followed by neighbouring Binh Duong province (2,332), Dong Nai (953) and An Giang (287). The remainders were detected in Long An (249), Kien Giang (151), Tien Giang (102), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (84), Tay Ninh (53), Can Tho (52), Khanh Hoa (37), Binh Dinh (30), Quang Ngai (24), Hanoi (20), Ca Mau (18), Quang Binh (15), Binh Phuoc (15), Ninh Thuan (15), Phu Yen (13), Quang Nam (13), Hau Giang (11), Dak Nong (11), Tra Vinh (8 ), Binh Thuan (7), Dong Thap (6), Ben Tre (6), Quang Tri (5), Bac Lieu (3), Da Nang (2), Vinh Long (2), Thanh Hoa (2), Ha Tinh (1), Hung Yen (1), and Bac Ninh (1). …

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COVID-19 vaccination in Thai Binh (Source: thaibinhtv.vn) Thai Binh (VNA) – The northern province of Thai Binh is focusing its efforts on implementing a COVID-19 vaccination campaign as part of the biggest-ever national vaccination campaign that was launched in July. Vaccination, along with strict adherence to the “ 5K message ” given by the Ministry of Health, which are khau trang (facemask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering) and khai bao y te (health declaration), is defined as the solution that Vietnam is applying to reign in the pandemic. Pham Nam Thai, Vice Director of the provincial Health Department said that Thai Binh is conducting the first phase of the vaccination campaign, which concentrates on injecting COVID-19 vaccines to prioritised groups, including forces working at the frontline in the pandemic fight. In this first phase, the locality has set up more than 70 vaccination stations in hospitals, …

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The Ministry of Health documented an additional 8,681 coronavirus cases across Vietnam on Monday, along with 6,821 discharged patients and 215 fatalities. Thirty-eight provinces and cities logged 8,668 domestic cases, the lowest daily rise in a month, while the country reported 13 separate imported infections, the health ministry said. The ministry had registered 10,025 locally-infected patients on Sunday. Over 6,100 of the latest domestic cases were found in the community, with the remaining detected in cordoned-off areas or centralized quarantine facilities. Ho Chi Minh City recorded 5,171 local infections, down by 325 patients from yesterday; Binh Duong Province 1,410, down by 922; Dong Nai Province 869; Long An Province 268; Tien Giang Province 211; Kien Giang Province 175; Dak Lak Province 113; An Giang Province 100; Can Tho City 48; Hanoi nine; and Da Nang three. Vietnam has confirmed 691,285 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities since the …

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Ha Long, a tourism city on Vietnam’s northern coast and home to Ha Long Bay, has reopened beaches and various physical activities after most of its adult population received their COVID-19 vaccinations. The administration of the city, part of Quang Ninh Province, on Sunday decided to reopen since the city has inoculated around 90 percent of residents aged 18 and older. Such resumption is part of the city's steps to meet its double goal of fighting COVID-19 and promoting socio-economic development, after months of suspension due to the pandemic, local authorities said. Public beaches, football fields, gyms, fitness facilities, yoga centers, and billiards clubs have been allowed to re-operate from Sunday noon. Activities to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Tuesday, will also be conducted. The city’s authorities require all individuals and organizations engaging in such activities to fully implement epidemic prevention measures. Administrations of all levels …

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