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Chairing the event, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc said Vietnam and HCM City in particular are switching to safely, flexibly and effectively coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Together with other localities, HCM City suggested the Government resume commercial flights to facilitate trade and tourism activities, contributing to economic development, he said. Leaders of the municipal departments and agencies shared the city’s economic development orientations, including specific anti-pandemic measures for foreign visitors, a road-map to welcoming foreign tourists to the city, and priority programs for the city’s economic development in the new normal. The event was part of the Press Tour Ho Chi Minh City 2021 co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the municipal People’s Committee from December 1-5. It was one of the activities to revive the city’s socio-economic development and tourism in particular, including popularizing HCM City as …

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HCM City to pilot in-person classes in December The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City have issued a plan on organising pilot in-person classes starting December 13. The pilot programme, targeting students at the 1st, 9th and 12th grades, will last for two weeks until December 25, with five-year-old kids attending their kindergartens from the beginning of the second week. Based on outcomes of the pilot and advises from the municipal departments of Health and Education and Training, the local People’s Committee will decide whether to gradually expanding the subjects of the programme or to reopen schools across the city on January 3 next year. VN football star named player to watch at AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 Forward Nguyen Tien Linh has been chosen among 10 players to look out for at the upcoming AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 by ESPN’s sports journalist Gabriel Tan. For all Vietnam's defensive stability and invention in midfield, Linh, standing at 1.83 metres, offers a focal …

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Home quarantine for COVID contacts implemented in Hanoi Hanoi’s authorities are expanding home quarantine for F0 and F1 cases to 30 districts and townships, as prescribed by the health sector. It is expected that the number of new cases will continue to rise rapidly, particularly as travel traditionally increases in the last months of the year. There have been 1,751 new cases found in the city between November 25 to December 1, an average of 291 cases a day. Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs elected as President of Vietnam-US Society Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was elected as President of the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) for the 2021-2026 tenure at the fourth congress of the association on December 3. In his remarks, Vinh, who is also former Vietnamese Ambassador to the US, expressed his hope for new breakthroughs in people-to-people diplomacy between the two countries, contributing to elevating the bilateral relationship to …

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A requiem was held in HCM City on Thursday to commemorate those who died from Covid-19. A requiem was held in HCM City to commemorate people who died from Covid-19 on November 18. The event was organised by the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in HCM City at the Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda in District 10. The requiem saw the attendance of Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, First Deputy Patriarch of the Patronage Council of the VBS, To Thi Bich Chau Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of HCM City, representatives from the people's committees of the city and districts, and family members of the deceased Covid-19 patients. Monks recited sutras and made offerings to the victims. Authorities in HCM City have set up teams to receive and handle corpses and burials, cremations, transportation and delivery of the dead Covid-19 patients’ ashes to their families. On November 19, various ceremonies will be held simultaneously in Hanoi and …

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Beautiful images of the country and people of Vietnam will be displayed at the Vietnam International Photography Festival in Ninh Binh Province from November 26. With the goal of building a national brand for Vietnamese photography, promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam, strengthening international exchanges and cooperation through photography activities, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to organise the Vietnam International Photography Festival every two years. This year, the festival will be held for the first time in Ninh Binh with a focus on the photo exhibition "Việt Nam Through the Lens of International Photographers". One of the works on display at the exhibition "HCM City, 2014" by David Poey Cher TAY (Singapore). After the launch, the organising committee received 1,567 works from 98 professional and amateur photographers from 19 countries and territories sent to participate. The Arts Council established by the culture …

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In particular, visiting delegates inspected the unit’s observance of pandemic prevention and control measures, preparation of facilities for treating infected people and quarantining close contacts, testing, disinfection, and pandemic containment, among others. On inspecting the academy, the mission highly appreciated the unit’s activeness and pro-activeness in preventing and controlling the pandemic over the past time. Its efforts have contributed to preventing infection in the unit. Notably, in the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Naval Academy sent more than 100 officers, cadets, and medical staff to assist the locality, where it is stationed, in taking samples for COVID-19 testing. The unit’s personnel also participated in guarding at medical checkpoints and transported 55 tons of goods to support local people in the fight. The unit also kept its force on standby to reinforce Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities in the pandemic combat. In addition, the unit …

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The new infections include five imported cases. The local transmissions were detected in Hồ Chí Minh City (1,636), Cần Thơ (998), Tây Ninh (787), Bến Tre (762), Bình Thuận (626), Đồng Tháp (624), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (620), Cà Mau (568), Bạc Liêu (565), Bình Phước (562), Vĩnh Long (552), Kiên Giang (498), Khánh Hòa (467), Hà Nội (455), Đồng Nai (433), Thừa Thiên Huế (335), An Giang (319), Bình Dương (319), Trà Vinh (301), Hậu Giang (288), Tiền Giang (209), Bình Định (203), Gia Lai (180), Hà Giang (140), Bắc Ninh (119), Đắk Nông (116), Đà Nẵng (104), Thanh Hóa (103), Long An (91), Thái Nguyên (82), Hải Phòng (81), Ninh Thuận (76), Hưng Yên (65), Nghệ An (61), Quảng Nam (59), Hải Dương (55), Phú Yên (52), Phú Thọ (49), Vĩnh Phúc (44), Đắk Lắk (42), Quảng Ngãi (41), Yên Bái (40), Nam Định (39), Quảng Trị (34), Thái Bình (27), Quảng Bình (25), Tuyên Quang (25), Hà Tĩnh (21), Hòa Bình (20), Quảng Ninh (20), Bắc Giang (20), Lào Cai (11), Hà Nam (8 ), Cao Bằng (8 ), Ninh Bình (6), Sơn La (1), …

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Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport, HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam has proposed halting all flights, including repatriation flights, to and from 10 African countries, amid fears over the Omicron coronavirus variant. The aviation authority has requested the transport ministry to report to the Prime Minister and seek permission to halt flights from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Angola and Zambia, as well as deny entries for any passengers with a travel history through these 10 nations within 30 days prior to arrival in Việt Nam. The aviation authority also wants the transport ministry to consult with the health ministry for specific instructions on medical control measures for passengers coming from some countries where cases of Omicron variant have appeared such as South Korea or Japan; proposes the health ministry to strengthen medical isolation procedures; and ensure that all …

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Tourists take double-decker bus tour to explore the city's sights. The meeting was part of the activities of the HCMC Tourism Day 2021 that will be held online for the first time from December 4 -25. Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc said that the city is Vietnam's economic center and regional hub for trade, service and tourism. Particularly, the tousim sector has contributed about 10-12 percent of the GRDP (Gross Regional Domestic Product) before the pandemic. The tourism recovery will take off alongside resumption of other sectors and play an important role in solving economic problems. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused heavy damage to most socio-economic sectors in Vietnam in general and HCMC particularly. As of now, the disease has been basically brought under control in the city thanks to vaccination drives and the transition to the new normal state after Covid-19. Vietnam in general and HCMC in particular have always …

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