Bars, karaoke parlors, and discos have been allowed to reopen in Ho Chi Minh City from Friday night, while all suspended and restricted services and activities in northern Hai Phong City have been allowed to resume operations from Saturday. Businesses and services that are allowed to resume operations must make sure strict COVID-19 prevention and control measures are applied, the Ho Chi Minh City and Hai Phong People’s Committees stressed in their separate events on Friday. All residents are still required to wear face masks in public, wash their hands regularly, and keep a safe distance with one another. Due to the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City’s chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong had previously required all beauty salons, karaoke shops, discos, pubs, bars, clubs, beer clubs, massage parlors, saunas, online game centers, wedding reception centers, cafés, theaters, cinemas, gyms, and other sports facilities to cease operations on February 9. From March 1, non-essential services and businesses were gradually allowed to reopen, but discos, bars, and karaoke parlors in an enclosed space remained shuttered. In Hai Phong, all religious activities were suspended from 8:00 pm February 15, then eateries, cafés and cinemas followed suit from 8:00 pm February 16. From February 22, all activities of entertainment and travel, accommodation services, on-site dining establishments, discos, karaoke parlors, saunas, massage service, bars, and game centers were also put to a halt in the northern city. Now that the pandemic has been contained in the two cities, the local authorities have lifted the aforementioned suspension and restriction. In addition, Hai Phong has also closed checkpoints in localities adjacent to northern Hai Duong Province, the hotbed of transmission in Vietnam’s latest outbreak since January 27. Vietnam’s COVID-19 tally stood at 2,571 as of Saturday morning, with 2,198 recoveries and 35 virus-related deaths, …
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Bars, discos, karaoke shops reopen in Hanoi
Bars, discos, and karaoke shops in Hanoi have been permitted to reopen as authorities continue to loosen COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the capital. Vice-chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung said at a meeting on Monday that local bars, discos, and karaoke parlors would be allowed to resume operations from 0:00 on Tuesday. All customers of these venues are required to fill out health declarations and install the Bluezone contact tracing app on their smartphones. Local authorities have been loosening COVID-19 prevention and control measures to focus on socio-economic development in the new situation, Dung stated. However, the risk of virus spread in the capital is still high compared to other localities in the northern region. The vice-chairman tasked competent agencies with carrying out regular inspection at non-essential businesses and services to make sure COVID-19 prevention and control regulations are strictly followed. Bars, discos, and karaoke parlors in Hanoi were previously shut down from February 1 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The capital has not detected any local infections for over a month. In related news, authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai have also reopened bars, discos, and karaoke shops from Tuesday as the pandemic is currently under control. These services had been shuttered in the province since February 9. Vietnam has documented 2,575 COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday morning, with 2,234 recoveries and 35 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam! …
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Residents complain about faulty apartment building in Vietnam’s Nha Trang
Troubled elevators, cracked glass doors, and false fire alarms are among problems that dwellers at the P.H. Nha Trang apartment complex in the south-central Vietnamese province of Khanh Hoa have been dealing with as their complaints to the project investor remain unsolved. The P.H. Nha Trang apartment complex is funded by P.H. Nha Trang Commercial Investment JSC on an area of over 9,470 square meters on To Hieu Street in Nha Trang, the capital city of Khanh Hoa. The apartment building includes 26 floors, one basement, and accommodates a total of 1,272 flats. According to many local residents’ written complaints, the walls of numerous apartments have been permeated by water. On March 14 and 15, the freight elevator in Building A kept having problems, including opening without people pressing the open button, failing to close, broken alarm buttons, and even falling. A woman points her finger at a shuttered elevator at the P.H. Nha Trang apartment complex in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Photo: Minh Chien / Tuoi Tre Cracks have also appeared on many walls, letting rainwater leak through into the flats causing flooding, according to N.T.H., a resident on the 24th floor of Building A. At H.’s apartment, the sliding glass doors to the balcony have been shattered. When the residents complained about the sliding glass door problem, the investor blamed it on their faulty use and asked them to handle it themselves, according to T.T.T., a dweller on the 18th floor of Building A. In addition, faulty fire alarms sound despite no fire or smoke. This photo shows a cracked sliding glass door at the P.H. Nha Trang apartment complex in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Photo: Minh Chien / Tuoi Tre This supplied photo shows glass on a sliding door broken into pieces at the P.H. Nha Trang apartment complex in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Interviewed by Tuoi Tre (Youth) …
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