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Ha Thi Nga, Chairwoman of the Women’s Union of Vietnam, speaks at the launching ceremony of the One-Stop Service Office (OSSO) in Can Tho on March 3. (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – Another One-Stop Service Office (OSSO) was launched in Can Tho on March 3 to facilitate sustainable reintegration of returning migrant women in the Mekong Delta city. OSSO Can Tho is part of the project “Strengthening Vietnamese capacity for sustainable reintegration of returning women migrants and their households in Vietnam” implemented by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in cooperation with the Women’s Union of Vietnam. Funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the project has been carried out in Hanoi, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Can Tho and Hau Giang since March 2020. OSSO Can Tho aims to provide returning migrant women and their families in Can Tho and other Mekong Delta provinces with free counselling, consultation and support services on legal advice, psychological assistance, education - training - apprenticeship, employment, loan support, health and medical care, gender-based violence prevention, family and children. It also unites local and foreign organisations in a network that offers help to returning migrant women and their family members from the Republic of Korea and other countries so they can get access to support services for sustainable reintegration. The establishment of OSSO in Can Tho is strategically meaningful as the city is home to a large number of returning migrant women, said Ha Thi Nga, Chairwoman of the Women’s Union of Vietnam, adding that the union’s Can Tho chapter is offering practical support for Vietnamese women whose spouses are foreigners./. VNA …

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Foreign ship arrivals down 6 percent in first two months Vietnam’s sea ports have berthed some 4,900 foreign vessels over the last two months, a decline of 6 percent year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Marine Administration. The fall was due largely to the impact of COVID-19, which is resulting in major fluctuations in the transport sector, a representative of the administration said. Despite the lower number of foreign ships, the volume of import and export goods through ports grew. In January and February, 35.3 million tonnes of imports and 26 million tonnes of exports were handled at ports nationwide. The former represented an annual increase of 14 percent while the latter was as same as that last year. In particular, nearly 1.3 million TEUs for exports and 1.2 million for imports were handled during the period, up 32 and 16 percent, respectively, year-on-year; the highest growth since the pandemic began. Meanwhile, the arrival of domestic vessels totalled 5,300, up 11 percent year-on-year./. Quang Ninh’s Van Don airport reopens on March 3 The Ministry of Transport has decided to allow Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh reopen from 6:01am on March 3 after the COVID-19 pandemic has been put under control in the locality and the airport is safe to transport passengers. The airport was temporarily shut down from January 29 after an airport security staff was confirmed positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the COVID-19 pandemic. The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced earlier that it will resume flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Quang Ninh on March 3, thus becoming the first to restart flights to the Van Don airport since the local COVID-19 outbreak began. From March 3 to 17, one weekly flight will ply the route between the two destinations, on Wednesdays. Flight numbers will be increased to three a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, from March 18 until the …

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>>> Three imported cases of COVID-19 detected on March 3 morning On March 2, the People's Committee of Hai Duong Province issued a decision on ending the blockade over the whole province, including Chi Linh City and Cam Giang District, as the outbreak in the latest hotspot of new wave of COVID-19 infections in Vietnam has now been put under control. The whole province now turns to a new normal state with strict prevention and control over the epidemic still in place, while some communes, villages and residential areas that are implementing medical blockades will continue to do so until further notice. Also, on March 2, the Standing Committee of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee assigned the establishment of district-level response teams with the participation of relevant forces to deal with emergency medical situations that may arise after lifting the medical lockdown from Hai Duong at 0:00 today. The teams are tasked with promptly tracing, isolating, zoning and taking samples for COVID-19 testing, while actively advising local authorities in fighting against the epidemic at district level. In order to facilitate Hai Duong students studying in other provinces and cities to return to school after the lockdown, the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Steering Committee in Hai Duong has decided to carry out COVID-19 testing for them. Hai Duong Centre for Disease Control conducts the tests and returns the results within 24 hours of receiving the samples. On March 2, Hanoi students were permitted to back to school after a COVID-19 temporary leave. The epidemic prevention is thoroughly implemented across local schools to ensure students’ safety. The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has also issued documents instructing Hanoi schools to carry out necessary measures to ensure safety for students when they return to schools. The Ministry of Transport has decided to allow Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh to …

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