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A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) task force under Ho Chi Minh City’s Road and Rail Police division (PC08) was patrolling near an exit of Tan Son Nhat’s domestic terminal on Wednesday afternoon when they pulled over a pickup truck carrying several unmarked boxes containing thousands of face masks. … [Read more...] about 10,000 face masks seized near Ho Chi Minh City airport

According to Secretary Nhan, businesses can still operate if they ensure measures to prevent and fight against epidemics. Local districts need to implement a risk assessment of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection at enterprises which plays a significant role to value infection risk at businesses because if there is no guarantee of absolute safety, the operation of these enterprises must be suspended. … [Read more...] about District authorities should provide timely assistance to poor households

HCM City (VNA) – Real estate business and housing construction in Ho Chi Minh City have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with significant decreases recorded in supply and demand, according to market watchers. By the end of the first quarter, rent for the ground floor and first floor property in the downtown area of the city had fallen by 11 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, while rent in the suburbs was down 15.9 percent. For the office market, the average rent of Grade-A offices in Q1 was 44.6 USD per sq.m per month, down 1.2 percent against the previous quarter and 3.6 percent year-on-year. Senior Director and Head of Valuation and Market Research Services at CBRE Vietnam Duong Thuy Dung said that after the COVID-19 pandemic, the office market could reshape, with tenants starting to pay more attention to the health of employees by choosing high-quality buildings instead of just saving money as before. So buildings which are environmentally friendly … [Read more...] about Real estate supply, demand in HCM City decrease amid COVID-19 outbreak

Craft villages benefit from e-commerce In recent years, craft villages in Ho Chi Minh City have introduced their products on online trading platforms. This has helped the villages trade efficiently and assert their brand value. … [Read more...] about Quat Dong embroidery village

Hanoi (VNA) – Two more COVID-19 patients have fully recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries in Vietnam to 128, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. Both are Vietnamese. They were discharged from the Can Gio Hospital for COVID-19 Treatment on April 9 morning. Patient 203, a 35-year-old woman, returned from Greece to Vietnam on March 17. Upon her arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, she was sent to a quarantine facility in the city’s Nha Be district. She tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 10 days later. She is currently in a stable condition and has no cough or fever. Patient 234 is also a female, 69, living in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. She returned from Paris to HCM City on March 13 and tested positive for the virus on March 30, then was hospitalised the same day. Both tested negative for the virus two days in a row on April 5 and 6 and will continue to be … [Read more...] about Two more COVID-19 patients declared fully recovered, total at 128