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Since April 30 when the pandemic was controlled, only the 800-bed facility in Cu Chi was maintained; while the hospital in Can Gio has been closed. However, the country has seen another Covid-19 outbreak. HCM City alone has five Covid-19 cases, so the municipal Department of Health has decided to resume the operation of the 500-bed temporary hospital in Can Gio from August 1. The two field hospitals will receive and quarantine people in HCM City with respiratory-related problems after they returned from Danang City from July 1. The Department of Health will mobilise support from local hospitals to ensure the operation of Can Gio and Cu Chi Covid-19-treatment facilities. HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Thu Duc Hospital have been asked to send doctors and nurses to the Can Gio Covid-19 hospital to work in rotation. City International Hospital in HCM City has ceased operations after two Covid-19 patients were found there on July 31. … [Read more...] about HCM City Covid-19 hospital reopened amid pandemic outbreak

Cai luong artists compete for the year’s Best Theatre Actress Two artists from HCM City’s cải lương (reformed opera) theatres are competing for 2019’s Best Theatre Actress at the Mai Vàng (Golden Apricot) Awards, an annual event launched by Người Lao Động (Labourer) newspaper. … [Read more...] about Cai luong contest begins final round in HCM City

Figures from the department and 24 districts and wards show that the city had offered over 590 billion VND (25.6 million USD) to 538,360 out of the 538,621 cases as of late July, including 66,020 workers who become jobless with more than 67.5 billion VND, and those whose labour contracts have been temporarily suspended with 994 million VND. … [Read more...] about HCM City completes financial assistance for those hit by COVID-19

Of the figure, retail sales of goods in the first five months has been estimated at VNĐ331 trillion ($13.4 billion), a year-on-year increase of 8.4 per cent, accounting for 65 per cent of total retail sales of consumer goods and services. … [Read more...] about Trading centres assess COVID-19 risks, take safety measures

Hanoi (VNA) - Among the 242 active COVID-19 cases currently under treatment in Vietnam, 13 are in a critical condition, the Ministry of Health said on August 3. Dr Luong Ngoc Khue, director of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment and deputy head of the sub-committee on treatment at the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said among the severe cases, ten have required invasive mechanical ventilation and ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). Previously, more than 20 percent of these cases had showed no clinical symptoms. The majority of patients are elderly with many underlying conditions. These patients are under special treatment at Hue Central Hospital, Da Nang Hospital, Da Nang Lung Hospital, and Quang Nam General Hospital in central Vietnam, along with HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases. Khue said all the best doctors have been called in to … [Read more...] about COVID-19: 13 patients in critical condition