Why are discos, bars, karaoke parlors, and indoor sports facilities excepted from the non-essential businesses and services which have been allowed to be reopened in Ho Chi Minh City from March 1? A number of readers have written to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper to raise this question after authorities in Ho Chi Minh City decided to reopen non-essential businesses and services from early March, except for discos, bars, karaoke parlors, and indoor sports facilities. “Because those enclosed spaces provide a higher risk of virus transmission when they operate if someone at the places is infected with COVID-19,” Nguyen Tri Dung, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, responded on Saturday. “So the city will continue to consider the time when we can reopen those places." Earlier, the municipal People’s Committee sent a document to relevant agencies regarding COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the coming time, saying non-essential services and businesses were allowed to resume operations from March 1 with strict pandemic prevention and control measures to be applied. All activities at these venues must ensure that all patrons maintain social distancing of one meter. Eateries and cafés must not serve over 30 people at a time. Religious activities must not include more than 50 participants at a time, while a one-meter-distance rule must be kept. Meanwhile, discos, bars, karaoke parlors, pubs, beer clubs, and sports facilities in enclosed space will remain shuttered until further notice. The city has also required relevant agencies and people to continue the 5K message which stands for Khau trang (face masks) - Khu khuan (disinfection) - Khoang cach (distance) - Khong tu tap (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (health declaration) to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Ho Chi Minh City authorities ordered the suspension of discos, bars, wedding centers, karaoke parlors, massage parlors and movie theaters from 12:00 …
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Mekong Delta province’s suspected coronavirus case retests negative in Ho Chi Minh City
A man who tested positive for COVID-19 using the real-time PCR method in the Mekong Delta on Sunday had his retest return negative at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City the same day. The retest was conducted on a sample taken from T.V.T., 49, and sent by the Center for Disease Control in Bac Lieu Province, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City said on Sunday evening. The institute is among the medical facilities tasked with confirming COVID-19 tests during the pandemic in Vietnam. T., who hails from Soc Trang Province, also located in the Mekong Delta, had been considered a suspected case following his first positive test because the Ministry of Health still had not registered it by then, according to a report by the Bac Lieu Center for Disease Control. He claimed to have never left his hometown nor had any contact with coronavirus patients or suspected cases in the preceding 14 days. On Saturday, T. and six other people traveled on motorbikes to a wind power company in Bac Lieu City, which is the provincial capital, to seek jobs. The group later went to Bao Anh Diner and have a cup of coffee before contacting a man named Huu from the company. Huu rented a room next to Bao Anh for the group to take a rest. At 11:00 am the same day, T. and the other group members had lunch at Ut Suong Rice Point near their room. Around 2:30 pm, Huu took T.’s group by motorbike to Thanh Vu Medic Bac Lieu Hospital for a COVID-19 test. The hospital announced on Sunday that T. had tested positive for the virus, using the real-time PCR method. He was then isolated at Bac Lieu General Hospital. All of his direct contacts already tested negative for the virus, the Bac Lieu Center for Disease Control said on Sunday night. Vietnam’s caseload tally has hit 2,448 as of Monday morning, with 849 domestic cases reported since January 27, when the country confirmed the first community-based infection after having spent almost two months detecting zero local …
Ginger jam: A spicy-sweet delicacy of Hue city
The famous Kim Long Ginger Jam in Hue has a distinct, spicy flavor. The ginger can neither be too old (as the final product will then lack smooth texture), nor can it be too young, because it will not have its characteristic pungency. First, the ginger is peeled and sliced. Thin ginger slices are soaked in cold water with squeezed lemon juice for about 30 minutes in order to clean them, then mixed with sugar. The ginger is then cooked in sugar syrup on wood fires for about an hour until the slices become more firm and the sugar is neatly wrapped around each slice. To make this happen, the mixture has to be continuously stirred with chopsticks, so that it does not get burnt. The ginger jam is then placed on a tray where it is cooled. Here, the jam-maker uses thin bamboo sticks to separate the ginger slices as they can easily stick together when hot. What makes the Kim Long ginger jam special is that every step is done by hand, and it has no other ingredient except ginger and sugar – no additives are used. Regular buyers love the Kim Long ginger jam for its pure spicy-sweet flavour. Currently, the Kim Long Ward has about 20 households making the jam in the traditional way. Besides serving locals during Tet holiday, Kim Long ginger jam is also ordered year-round by dealers in cities across central Vietnam and also Ho Chi Minh City. …
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