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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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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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* On September 24, the Binh Phuoc provincial Military Command handed over 500 gifts, totaling VND 150 million, to needy people in Bu Dang district. The gifts showed the care and responsibility of the troops towards the locals, helping them soon overcome consequences caused by the pandemic. * The Tuyen Quang provincial Fatherland Front Committee offered VND 1 billion, 1,000 sets of protective clothing, 1,750 3M face-masks, and 3,000 medical gloves to the Binh Thuan provincial Fatherland Front Committee to assist them in the COVID-19 fight. Addressing the event, Vice Chairman of the Binh Thuan provincial Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Van Tri thanked Tuyen Quang province for the support, committing to soon distributing the medical supplies to COVID-19 treatment hospitals in the province. * Artillery Brigade 75 of Military Region 7 presented certificates of merit to 18 troops for their outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19. Reportedly, over the past month, more …

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In general, the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City and the Southern provinces has been gradually controlled. The number of infected cases and deaths has decreased, while the number of recovered cases has increased. Nevertheless, the number of COVID-19 patients recorded daily is still high, affecting the implementation of military-defense missions. The MND’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control was established under urgent conditions, but it has performed well its tasks in the spirit of “fighting the pandemic like fighting the enemy” while promoting the pioneering role of the military in the fight against the disease. In the COVID-19 fight in Ho Chi Minh City and Southern provinces, the military has sent a large number of troops and vehicles to both ensure security and social order and implement COVID-19 prevention and control. Military units have also promoted the Party and political work to raise troops’ awareness of their noble missions on the front-line of …

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