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Addressing the event, Le Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of the COVID-19 Intensive Care Hospital, praised the support of the volunteers, adding that when the hospital was newly established, the timely presence of religious volunteers helped the hospital complete its mission of providing medical care for patients. Vice Chairwoman of the city’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee Phan Kieu Thanh Huong expressed her gratitude for the volunteers’ contributions to the pandemic fight, hoping that they will continue joining hands in pandemic prevention and control efforts to make the city soon return to the new normal. Three more similar events were also held across the city to honor religious volunteers. Since July 22, nearly 700 volunteers of different religious groups have taken part in COVID-19 prevention and control in various hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City. Source: VNA …

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People are brought back to their hometowns from Mien Dong Bus Station during social distancing. (Photo: SGGP) According to the HCMC Department of Transport, to create favorable conditions for workers to return to work when the city restores economic activities, the department has coordinated with relevant departments to develop a plan to ensure safety and comply with regulations on pandemic prevention. Subjects in the transportation plan are workers of HCMC-based enterprises and cooperatives, including workers and experts, in provinces and cities that need to return to HCMC. Accordingly, to return to HCMC, workers must meet the following conditions: they must have a work plan confirmed by enterprises or cooperatives in writing and be vaccinated with the first dose for at least 14 days or recovered from Covid-19 with confirmation by medical authority. They must have a negative Covid-19 test result that is still valid as prescribed. Workers must be allowed to travel by the …

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Vietnam confirmed an additional 9,706 Covid-19 infections on Saturday and 10,590 patients were discharged from hospital following their recovery the same day, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, 9,682 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 34 localities including HCM City (4,046), Binh Duong (3,629), Dong Nai (996), Long An (193), Binh Phuoc (147), An Giang (117), Kien Giang (91), and Tien Giang (81). There were 24 imported patients confirmed today. The new infection number showed an increase of 1,152 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 4,377 infections found in the community. As of Saturday evening, 742,174 infections have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April, with some southern localities recording high infections such as HCM City (366,539), Binh Duong (196,864), Dong Nai (44,921), Long An (31,618), and Tien Giang (13.724). The outbreak has so far spread to 62 out of …

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A health worker collects swab samples from a man for COVID-19 testing in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health reported 9,706 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday evening, in 34 provinces and cities. These include 9,682 domestic infections with 4,377 detected in the community. The number of locally transmitted cases increased by 1,152 compared to yesterday. A further 180 deaths were also reported in HCM City (123), Bình Dương (34), Đồng Nai (7), An Giang (3), Tiền Giang (3), Tây Ninh (3), Bến Tre (2), Đà Nẵng (2), Bình Thuận (1), Kiên Giang (1) and Cần Thơ (1). The total death toll from COVID-19 in Việt Nam now stands at 18,400. Hà Nội recorded only four cases in quarantined in facilities. HCM City reported the highest number of domestic cases today with 4,046, followed by the southern provinces of Bình Dương (3,629), Đồng Nai (996) and Long An (193). Other cases were found in Bình Phước (147), An Giang (117), Kiên Giang …

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is finalizing the draft code of conduct for Vietnamese artists. On September 10, the General Administration of State Administration of Radio, Television and Movies of China issued new rules for artists who perform advertising activities and act as the face of brands. According to the new regulations, Chinese artists who commit wrong behaviors are subject to administrative fines and banned from being involved in advertising activities for three years. That’s in China. How about Vietnam? Two months ago, several Vietnamese celebrities were criticized by the public for exaggerating the functions and effectiveness of products they advertised, mainly cosmetics, dietary supplements to support fat loss and treatment of stomach cancer, fibroids, cysts, sore throats. Only after the media raised its voice did some of the celebrities such as actor and event host Quyen Linh, People’s Artist Hong Van, Miss Vietnam Mai Phuong Thuy, …

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Việt Nam reports 9,706 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, including 24 imported cases and 9,682 local cases. The local cases are in HCM City (4,046), Bình Dương (3,629), Đồng Nai (996), Long An (193), Bình Phước (147), An Giang (117), Kiên Giang (91), Tiền Giang (81), Hà Nam (66), Cần Thơ (48), Sóc Trăng (42), Tây Ninh (41), Bình Định (39), Khánh Hòa (25), Bến Tre (13), Ninh Thuận (13), Đà Nẵng (11), Phú Yên (10), Đắk Lắk (9), Bình Thuận (9), Quảng Bình (8 ), Quảng Trị (7), Đồng Tháp (6), Đắk Nông (6), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (4), Nghệ An (4), Bạc Liêu (4), Cà Mau (4), Hà Nội (4), Vĩnh Long (3), Quảng Ngãi (2), Thanh Hóa (2), Trà Vinh (1), Thừa Thiên Huế (1). Among these, there are 4,377 cases detected in the community. …

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Da Nang honours FDI firms with outstanding contributions to COVID-19 prevention and control in the city (Photo: VNA) At a meeting with municipal authorities on September 24, they asked for the city's help in regular COVID-19 testing fees for their workers, and favourable conditions for foreign experts to enter the city and the transport of goods. They also hoped to be updated with pandemic control regulations of the city. Kim Jinmo, Vice Director of the Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) in Da Nang said that Korean businesses support the city's pandemic fight, but the quick change in pandemic response policies makes it hard for them to adjust. He said as the pandemic has basically been contained, the city should build a scenario for safely adapting to the pandemic and maintaining production at the same time. Ciprian Bota, Director for Production of Universal Alloy Corporation urged the city to give priority to giving the second shot of vaccine to workers so …

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* Ho Chi Minh City’s Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control held a press conference to provide information on the pandemic situation in the city. Reportedly, from 6 p.m. on September 22 to 6 p.m. on September 23, the city took more than 1.1 million samples for COVID-19 testing. This was a new record in the city’s day-to-day sampling speed to rapidly detect infected cases in the community. In addition, the city has administered more than 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. So far, nearly 6.8 million people have received the first shot. * A delegation led by Secretary of the Binh Duong provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi visited and encouraged leaders and employees of businesses in the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park No.2 in Thu Dau Mot city. On the same day, the delegation toured and inquired after the doctors and medical staff in Phuong Chi General Hospital (Thu Dau Mot city) who are treating COVID-19 patients. * The People’s Committee of Tan Thanh …

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Illustrative Image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi has set a target of earning about 12.7 billion USD from exports in 2018, a rise of about 8 percent over the previous year. To this end, the capital city will continue speeding up administrative reform , focusing on strengthening IT application in administrative procedure settlement. Meanwhile, the city will design policies to improve production and exports, while enhancing competitiveness of local enterprises and foster labour supply-demand connections, and attracting more investment in infrastructure development and services. The municipal People’s Committee has assigned the Hanoi Department of Taxation to coordinate with relevant agencies to implement projects in modernising tax management and applying IT in all stages and steps of tax management in order to create favourable conditions for enterprises, ensuring transparency and reduce cost. The Hanoi Customs was asked to pilot a management and supervision …

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The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has adjusted the pandemic response strategy in the direction of safely, flexibly adapting to and effectively controlling COVID-19, implementing pandemic control and socio-economic development at the same time, and striving to bring the country back to the new normal situation by the end of September, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is the head of the committee. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the meeting (Photo: VNA) Speaking at an online meeting on September 25 between the steering committee and officials from 10,400 communes, wards and townships, 705 districts, and 63 cities and provinces nationwide, the PM noted that so far, COVID-19 has been gradually put under control in the majority of localities, but complicated developments continue. Statistics of the committee showed that last week, the number of new cases reduced 9.7 percent to 72,236, while the death toll …

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