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Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan speaks at a meeting on February 25, 2020. Photo: Tu Trung / Tuoi Tre Speaking at a meeting on Tuesday evening, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan considered the proposed back-to-school schedule a necessary approach to reduce the risk of an outbreak. … [Read more...] about Back-to-school options on the table in Ho Chi Minh City

Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung has asked local businesses to stop sending Vietnamese workers to regions affected by new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreaks. Enterprises that have not obeyed the instruction will be strictly punished in line with law, the minister said. Vietnam’s labour representative offices in the epidemic-hit regions need to take communication measures to encourage workers, including illegal labourers, to fill in medical declaration forms and undergo medical supervision in host countries if they come from other areas or are infected or suspected to be infected with the virus. Workers who return home from areas with SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks will be kept under quarantine in line with regulations of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, Dung said. Apart from fighting the disease, efforts should be made to remove difficulties facing the management work in order to ensure production and business, and stabilize … [Read more...] about Firms asked to stop sending workers to coronavirus-hit areas

The accident occurred when 10 people from Khuong My Village went to return home after working on a strip of land on Vu Gia River. Halfway to the shore, the boat suddenly capsized. Four people were brought to the hospital while six others were missing. Le Tri Thanh, chairman of Quang Nam People's Committee, asked the hydropower plants to stop discharging water during the search. Hundreds of people including the police and locals searched for the missing people. Khuat Viet Hung, the vice-chairman of the National Traffic Committee, also arrived at the scene. According to Nguyen Huu Vu, vice chairman of Dai Loc District, during the time of the accident, there were strong wind and flush water. "We have quickly launched the search after receiving the news," Thanh said. "We'll visit the victims' families and help them overcome such pain." All six of the missing people are related to each other and live in the same village. At 11 pm, the bodies of all missing people were found. Two of the … [Read more...] about Six die as boat capsizes in Quang Nam

Eighteen members of a 20-tourist delegation from South Korea's Daegu City have left the central city of Danang, while the two remaining people have stayed in the city and agreed to be quarantined as regulated.  The tourists arrived in Danang on Monday on the same flight with 58 Vietnamese students and workers who were also from Daegu City.  … [Read more...] about South Koreans leave Danang due to Coronavirus fears

Doctors congratulate Nguyen Van Vinh, the last patient being treated for COVID-19 in Vietnam, upon his discharge from the Quang Ha General Medical Clinic in Vinh Phuc Province, February 26, 2020. Photo: Viet Dung / Tuoi Tre As per treatment guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health, a COVID-19 patient is allowed to be discharged from the hospital only after their fever has ceased for at least three days and at least two samples, taken one day apart, test negative for the virus. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s last COVID-19 patient discharged from hospital