National steering committee on covid 19 prevention and control

The 91st patient and doctors at Cho Ray Hospital pose for a photo. Vietnam’s 91st patient, a British pilot, will be transported home via a commercial flight on July 12 – PHOTO: THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HCMC – As he has made a full recovery, Vietnam’s 91st patient, a British pilot, will be transported home via a commercial flight on July 12. … [Read more...] about British Covid-19 patient to fly home on commercial flight after full recovery

The committee’s treatment subcommittee reported that 293 patients have been given the all-clear, making up 89 percent of the total infections. The remaining 35 are being treated at centrally- and provincially-run hospitals. All of them are in stable condition. … [Read more...] about Vietnam goes through 47 days without community COVID-19 infections

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - After a brief hiatus, property companies have been resuming sales of developments and revealing their post-COVID-19 business plans since the beginning of May. Ministry of Construction data shows that some 80 percent of developers stopped sales or even temporarily halted operations during the first quarter while the rest had modest operations going. Transactions slumped to 40 percent of the level seen in the same period of 2019. Only 14 percent of products entering the market during the quarter were sold, the lowest level in four years. But the industry is now gearing to tap opportunities during the post-pandemic recovery, which is expected soon.                   In early May, Vinhomes Company, a subsidiary of VinGroup, Vietnam's largest private firm by market value, opened sales of S1.08 apartment tower at Vinhomes Ocean Park in Hanoi’s Gia Lam district. For the … [Read more...] about Property firms return to market after COVID-19

Do Thang Hai, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, affirmed that in order to elevate the value of Vietnamese lychees, the ministry is launching a communication campaign focusing on the overall quality and health benefits of lychees. It is also collaborating with Vietnamese representative agencies and enterprises overseas to promote lychee exports in important markets such as China, Singapore, Australia, and Japan. … [Read more...] about Online trading floor boosts post COVID-19 lychee consumption

Cyclone Nisarga will be the first such storm to threaten Mumbai in more than 70 years AFP/INDRANIL MUKHERJEE Authorities in India's financial capital, which is struggling to contain the pandemic, evacuated nearly 150 COVID-19 patients from a recently built field hospital to a facility with a concrete roof as a precautionary measure, officials said. … [Read more...] about India evacuates 100,000 from homes, COVID-19 hospital ahead of cyclone