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“Second Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal” in the pipeline The Saigon Times A scene of Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal - PHOTOS: THANH HOA The project to improve the water environment of the Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal system is one of the most ambitious environmental endeavors in HCMC since 1975. Once the most polluted canal system in this city, Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe, which used to be lined with slums on its bank and whose unmistakably pungent smell was unbearable, has undergone a sweeping change to become a symbol of the efforts to improve environmental pollution in HCMC. Now that the preparations for the project to clean up and renovate the environment of the Tham Luong Canal – Ben Cat – Nuoc Len Canal system is being completed, it is expected to become another Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal system, reported Tuoi Tre newspaper. Stretching on a total length of 33 kilometers, the Tham Luong Canal – Ben Cat – Nuoc Len Canal system is the longest of its kind in HCMC. The system runs across seven districts, including Binh Chanh District, District 12, Go Vap District, Tan Binh District, Tan Phu District, Binh Tan District and Binh Thanh District. In fact, this project is not totally new as the city government once tried to implement it to improve the heavily polluted environment along this canal system. In 2016, the second phase of this project was approved with construction scheduled to begin in 2017. However, in that year, the World Bank, the project’s then money lender, withdrew, and it has been stalled since. A project to benefit many But it has revived. The HCMC People’s Council has recently given the green light to the investment in cleaning up the Tham Luong Canal – Ben Cat – Nuoc Len Canal system. Of the estimated fund for this environmental plan worth VND8.2 trillion, some VND4 trillion will be sourced by the central Government’s budget and the rest from the municipal budget. Scheduled to be implemented during 2021-2025, according to Tuoi Tre, the …

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HCMC intensifies Covid-19 containment measures The Saigon Times A medical worker takes samples from a woman in HCMC for Covid-19 testing. HCMC is struggling to prevent the spread of Covid-19 by scaling up aggressive measures and widespread testing - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - HCMC is stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 by scaling up aggressive measures and widespread testing and enhancing monitoring operations due to the complicated development of the virus. The HCMC steering committee for Covid-19 infection prevention and control this afternoon, June 19 held an urgent meeting to discuss urgent solutions to contain Covid-19. At the meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, HCMC Party Secretary Nguyen Van Nen and HCMC Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong, Director of the HCMC Health Department Nguyen Tan Binh said that apart from monitoring the infection at hospitals and conducting Covid-19 screening tests on patients, the city would adopt drastic measures at industrial parks. All employees at the export processing zones, hi-tech parks and industrial parks in HCMC where positive Covid-19 cases are detected are being tested. It is necessary to continue implementing contact tracing and locking down high-risk areas effectively and promptly, and reduce the flow of people and vehicles coming into HCMC, said HCMC Party Secretary Nguyen Van Nen. Besides, competent forces should regularly check compliance with Covid-19 safety regulations and seriously tackle violators to succeed in bringing the disease under control within one week. HCMC Chairman Phong said that although the city is practicing social distancing in line with the Prime Minister’s Directive 15, many new chains of infections have been discovered and the number of Covid-19 cases is ticking up. As such, intensifying anti-Covid-19 measures is necessary to contain the spread of the virus, he said. The municipal chairman asked the districts and Thu Duc City to …

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Vietnam reports 102 more Covid-19 cases The Saigon Times A man is injected with the Covid-19 vaccine. The Ministry of Health confirmed 102 new Covid-19 cases Saturday evening - PHOTO: MINISTRY OF HEALTH HCMC - Vietnam reported 102 more Covid-19 cases this evening, June 19, including 90 domestic infections and 12 imported cases, taking the country’s Covid-19 tally to 12,900. Among the community-transmitted cases, 31 were detected in HCMC, 18 in Bac Giang, 18 in Binh Duong, seven in Bac Ninh, five in Danang and three in Long An. Lang Son, Dong Nai and Ha Tinh had two new patients each, while Nghe An and Nam Dinh reported one case each. The two cases in Dong Nai marked the fearsome return of the pandemic in this southern province that had not seen outbreaks for more than one month. The 12 imported cases were recorded in An Giang, Quang Nam, Danang and Ninh Binh. Today’s total number of infections was 308, including 293 domestic cases. The Center for Disease Control of Bac Giang Province also updated 178 additional Covid-19 cases, which were previously reported in areas under lockdown, to the national Covid-19 case management system this afternoon. As many as 5,054 Covid-19 patients in the country have fully recovered, including 321 people discharged from the hospital today. Meanwhile, two more Covid-19 patients, including a 90-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man, have died, taking the country’s Covid-19 death toll to 64. The woman lived in Viet Yen District, Bac Giang Province. She suffered from hypertension and diabetes and tested positive for Covid-19 with symptoms such as cough and shortness of breath on June 12. She was initially treated at a Covid-19 treatment facility located in Fuji Bac Giang Development Joint Stock Company but was then sent to the Intensive Care Unit of Bac Giang Mental Hospital on June 14. The patient experienced high fever and hemorrhaging under the skin on June 16. She fell into a coma on June 17 and …

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