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Hanoi targets to ensure that most local people have vaccinated as soon as possible and to bring social life back to normal. Hanoi is calling for financial support from the people, businesses, and organizations to aid the city’s Covid-19 vaccination drive. Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh made the statement in a live television program themed “Hanoi joins hands in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic” held on June 19. Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh at the event. Photos: Kinhtedothi “The donation will not only help Hanoi have more resources for Covid-19 vaccines purchase but also contribute to a healthy and safe living environment,” Anh added. “Hanoi targets to ensure the majority of local people having vaccinated as soon as possible and bringing social life back to normal,” the city’s mayor said. Anh stressed his belief that the joint effort from the community is the key for Hanoi to soon overcome the pandemic. “We aim to turn challenges and difficulties from the pandemic into the gauge of the city’s solidarity and determination in realizing the goal of every citizen to be vaccinated,” he stressed. Overview of the event. As the program ended, Hanoi received VND1.7 trillion (US$73.8 million) and 2.5 million vaccine doses from donators. Members of the Hanoi Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Hanoisme) donated a total of VND83.5 billion (US$3.61 million) and 500.000 Covid-19 vaccine doses for the vaccination drive initiated by Hanoi’s authorities. They included T&T Group with VND30 billion ($1.3 million) and 500 million doses, Tan Hoang Minh Group and its branch in Hanoi with VND20 billion ($866 million), and Geleximco VND10 billion ($433 million). As of June 17, the non-profit Vietnam Fund for Vaccination Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (VFVC) has received a total of VND5.7 trillion (US$249 million). Vietnam needs approximately VND25.2 …

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The local authorities would continue to map out favorable policies for the newspaper to realize its growth vision, the Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong has said. On the occasion of the 96th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 – June 21, 2021), Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong visited the Kinh te & Do thi (Economic & Urban) Newspaper and The Hanoi Times . Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong and staffs/reporters of Kinh te & Do thi Newspaper/Hanoi Times. Photos: Thanh Hai “Press agencies, including the Kinh te & Do thi Newspaper/The Hanoi Times, have contributed a significant part to the development of Hanoi,” said Phong. “The newspaper has been excelling in its mission by timely delivering news and information of the city to the public,” he added. Amid the serious Covid-19 situation, Phong called for the Kinh te & Do thi Newspaper to continue adopting new modern journalism trends and contributing to the development of Hanoi in particular, and the country in general. Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong visits The Hanoi Times ' office “This would once again affirm Kinh te & Do thi Newspaper as one of the major media outlets in Hanoi,” he added, saying the local authorities would continue to devise favorable policies for the newspaper to realize its growth vision. At the meeting, the Editor-in-chief of the Kinh te & Do thi Newspaper Nguyen Minh Duc said the newspaper is determined to fulfill its role as the mouthpiece of the municipal People’s Committee. “ Kinh te & Do thi Newspaper is taking on the digital transformation which has been an inevitable trend in a fast-changing world,” Duc added, saying he looks for continued support from the city’s leaders to complete this process. …

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At Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, passengers who are returning from HCM City are separated in a particular zone, and some of them are randomly tested for Covid-19. Health workers take samples from passengers at Noi Bai Airport for rapid testing of Covid-19. Photo: Hanoi Department of Health Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Tran Thi Nhi Ha said that this measure was being applied because the epidemic situation in some areas has become complicated, particularly in Ho Chi Minh City. This will be implemented for seven to 10 days at the airport, with about 1,000 passengers to be tested. On June 16, the first day, 97 random samples were taken and all gave negative results. In addition to testing passengers at the airport, Hanoi will organize covid-19 tests in industrial zones and industrial clusters. The quick screening is expected to help the city decide suitable prevention and control measures regarding people arriving from pandemic-hit areas as well as take prompt actions when detecting COVID-19 cases. Apart from the airport, similar tests are also underway at local industrial clusters. According to the Director of the Hanoi Department of Health, Hanoi is taking timely response measures in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic. The city’s strategy in disease prevention and control in the coming time is to proactively detect, prevent, investigate, and promptly trace and vaccinate. Vietnam logged 81 locally-transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 12 hours to 6am on June 18, raising the national count to 12,231, according to the Health Ministry. Among the new infections, 60 were found in Ho Chi Minh City and 21 in Bac Giang. Of them, 76 were detected in quarantine or blocked areas. So far, the country documented 10,564 domestic infections and 1,667 imported ones. The number of cases since the fourth wave of the pandemic began on April 27 was 8,994. The capital has logged a total 736 cases of COVID-19 so far. …

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