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Vegetables being loaded into a bus belonging to Bao Yen Construction Services Tourism Co., Ltd. in HCM City last week. Five such buses are being used to distribute vegetables around the city. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - I was surprised to receive a call from an American friend who lives in Singapore, asking about the pandemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam’s current COVID-19 epicentre with a daily record of thousands of cases. He was concerned that the situation could spin “out of control”, comparing it to India or Indonesia. I told my friend that he had called at a good time as I had just read a news story from the Singapore-based The Straits Times, headlined “Vietnam grapples with public frustration over COVID-19 pandemic missteps and transparency”, mentioning the growing unhappiness about the pandemic control measures. The story, I believe, described the situation in a superficial way. I have closely observed the global situation, especially …

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A police officer checks a delivery person in HCM City’s District 3. The city has created a database on delivery workers to ensure travel restrictions are not violated. — Photo thanhnien.vn HCM CITY — To ensure smooth delivery and distribution of essential goods amid the COVID-19 restrictions, the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has created a database of delivery staff that can be easily accessed by inspectors and notified the public about businesses that sell essential products. It has apprised district authorities, the police and others about how to identify various people such as shippers working for delivery services and those supplying meals to hospitals, quarantine zones and other facilities, a key factor in combating the pandemic. People delivering for e-commerce companies need to be in uniforms and have a travel permit issued by their employers and employee identity card. Information about the shippers’ vehicles, address and delivery route are easily …

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Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked health authorities to promptly authorize Nano Covax, a vaccine being developed domestically, to make the first made-in-Vietnam vaccine available soon amid surging COVID-19 cases. The president made the direction during a meeting at Ho Chi Minh City-based Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, which he visited on Thursday to review its production progress. At the meeting, President Phuc emphasized the importance of the compliance with epidemic prevention and control rules and the acceleration of mass vaccination to prevent the rising coronavirus spread. The leader said the Party and State have been proceeding with securing vaccine supplies from abroad while speeding up domestic vaccine research and production, with a vision to ensure proactiveness in inoculation. Administrative procedures should be sped up so that the vaccine can be approved for emergency use soon provided it is safe for people, the president said. The …

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HCMC to lift lockdown on five wards with 250,000 residents The Saigon Times A quarantined area in HCMC. By 6 p.m. today, the lockdown earlier imposed on 12 wards of Thu Duc City in HCMC will be lifted – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The lockdown earlier imposed on five wards with over 250,000 residents in HCMC’s Thu Duc City will be lifted at 6 p.m. today, July 30. The decision, covering Binh Chieu, Hiep Binh Phuoc, Linh Xuan, Tam Binh and Tam Phu wards, was approved on July 29 by Hoang Tung, chairman of the Thu Duc City government. Among these wards, Binh Chieu, which is home to nearly 74,000 residents, has been locked down for 18 days. Hiep Binh Phuoc with more than 64,000 residents and Linh Xuan with some 58,000 residents were put on lockdown 14 days ago. As for Tam Binh and Tam Phu with a total population of over 57,000 residents, they have had a 10-day lockdown. Accordingly, by 6 p.m. today, the lockdown earlier imposed on 12 wards of Thu Duc City will be lifted. The …

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Nano Covax causes no serious side effects: Nanogen leader The Saigon Times A volunteer is injected with the Nano Covax Covid-19 vaccine at the Vietnam Military Medical University - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - Ho Nhan, general director of Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, said there were no serious side effects or fatalities reported among 14,000 volunteers during the human trials of the Nano Covax Covid-19 vaccine. Speaking at a meeting with State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in HCMC on July 29, Nhan said the locally developed Covid-19 vaccine has undergone seven months of clinical trials through three phases ---1, 2 and 3A. The vaccine has proved to be safe and effective against the coronavirus, including the Delta variant. Nhan said some 30 countries, including the world’s leading vaccine producer, India, have asked for the technology transfer from Nanogen. The World Health Organization is also evaluating the company’s vaccine dossier. The company is currently …

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The ideas of converting vacant industrial zones, construction sites, and low-yield cultivation lands of Hanoi into creative spaces bring high hope for improving the spiritual life of the Hanoians. Train District 4.0, a creative space on the basis of the old Gia Lam Train Factory, has become one of the most anticipated projects in the capital city. The old Gia Lam Train Factory would be an attactive creative space of the capital in the near future. Photo: VCCI Built in 1905 by the French to fix trains for their fast-developing Vietnamese colony, Gia Lam Train Factory was the first train factory in the then-French territory, which spanned modern-day Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. It later churned out weapons to fuel the country's independence fight, and then survived the onslaught of American bombers during the war. Enjoyed its heyday during the 1980s and 1990s, Gia Lam Railways was considered a symbol of the capital’s industrial revolution. It offered dozen …

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Leaving the place where she had been living and working for three years, Trinh and another nine friends from central Thanh Hoa Province were traveling on five motorbikes, their luggage including clothes, bread, and water. They left Binh Duong's Thuan An Town on July 25, only hours after deciding to flee. "I am returning to my hometown - I will come back when the pandemic is over," Trinh told her landlord. Six hours prior, she was lying in her room, surfing the internet to find a way to get home to Thanh Hoa. The neighborhood was deserted, as workers had left for their hometowns, while others were in quarantine. Trinh was yearning to be with her family, but that was next to impossible since all transportation was halt due to the raging pandemic. Having no job after the company was shut due to several Covid patients, Trinh had hunkered down for 20 days. The town where she lives has recorded more than 200 cases, while Binh Duong has logged 12,604 cases and undergone semi-lockdown. …

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COVID-19 patients with no symptoms will quarantine at home for 14 days Medics, volunteers battle to keep HCM City safe from coronavirus Stores work hard to follow limited operating hours Over 7,900 new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday 6,000 medical workers from all over Việt Nam volunteer to help deal with HCM City's outbreak Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính addresses a Government meeting with local authorities on COVID-19 prevention and control on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The fight against COVID-19 will be long, even when vaccines are available, therefore, a new approach and new solutions are necessary, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said Friday. Chính told an online Government meeting with local authorities on COVID-19 prevention and control, that the fourth wave of COVID-19 in Việt Nam had gone nearly 100 days. He also said that the pandemic situation, especially in HCM City and other provinces in the southern and central regions, was still …

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Hoi An City in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam, will uphold the prime minister’s Directive No. 16, which orders all citizens to stay at home unless for essential duties, from 6:00 am on Saturday to respond to rising COVID-19 cases. The direction was mentioned in an official statement issued by the Hoi An People’s Committee on Friday. The city would amp up monitoring and punitive measures to ensure public obedience to Directive No. 16, which mandates a ban on non-essential travels and gatherings, according to the statement. Public offices as well as private firms should consider rolling out 'three-on-the-spot,' or stay-at-work, mechanisms, in which employees must conduct production, have meals, and rest after work at the same place to maintain manufacturing while ensuring epidemic safety. Otherwise, they should send the workers home, utilizing online conference tools, as well as planning the shifts and mobilizing employees properly. Local residents are advised to stay …

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Many lenders in Ho Chi Minh City have applied the ‘three-on-the-spot’ mechanism, one of two models required for production companies in virus-hit areas, to deal with difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. To maintain economic growth during the pandemic prevention time, many firms in Vietnam have followed either the ‘three-on-the-spot’ or ‘one road, two places’ model. In the first model, enterprises and employees must conduct production, have meals, and rest after work at the same place. Enterprises and employees following the second protocol must arrange isolated production and accommodations at two separate locations, connected by a single transport route for workers to commute every day. Under no obligation to implement any of the two aforementioned mechanisms, many banks in Ho Chi Minh City, including the Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint - Stock Bank (Eximbank), the Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank), and the Saigon Thuong Tin …

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