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/ March 1, 2021

Hai Phong plans 100 new bridges in infrastructure upgrade

The plan is to finish five bridges this year and the rest by the end of 2025, a representative of the city’s Department of Transport said Sunday. The department will ask the local government this year to approve its plan to build 57 bridges - three bridges connecting Vinh Bao District with Quynh Phu District in Thai Binh Province, seven bridges connecting districts within the city, another 41 within these districts, and six overpasses. The VND399 billion ($17.33 million) Quang Thanh Bridge spanning the Luoc River will connect Hai Phong's An Lao District with Hai Duong Province's Thanh Ha District, and is expected to open to traffic by the end of this year. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Chinh. From 2022 to 2025, the department will propose the construction of 29 bridges, including two connecting the city with Thai Binh. Currently, the city has 19 ongoing projects, with a total investment of more than VND7 trillion ($303.31 million). La Van Thanh, the municipal Party secretary, said Hai Phong would focus on finalizing projects under construction in 2021. A project to build Hai Phong’s second ring road could start at the end of 2021, Thanh said. "Building the ring road no. 2 is crucial so the city will concentrate on two projects: a road from Dinh Vu Street to Duong Kinh and Kien An districts, and another one from Dinh Vu Street to 359 Street," Thanh maintained. As part of prioritizing the ring road no. 2, the city will build bridges to connect with the provinces of Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, and Thai Binh. Hai Phong built 46 bridges from 2015 to 2020. …

/ February 28, 2021

Thailand, Philippines confirm many new COVID-19 cases

A man receives the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at Samut Sakhon hospital in Samut Sakhon province (Photo: Reuters) Bangkok (VNA) - Thailand reported 70 new COVID-9 cases, including 62 domestic infections on February 28, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Of the domestic cases, 49 were recorded in the outbreak in Samut Sakhon. No new infections were confirmed in Bangkok. The same day, Thailand started its COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, with the first shot, using China's Sinovac vaccine, going to Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Thailand has so far recorded 25,951 COVID-19 cases, including 23,181 domestic infections and 2,770 imported cases. A total of 25,128 patients have recovered, while 740 others are still being treated at hospitals. The death toll stands at 83. Meanwhile, the Philippines found 2,113 more COVID infections on the same day, lifting its national count to 576,352. The number of deaths related to COVID-19 in the country has increased to 12,318, after an additional 29 patients died in the past 24 hours. The Southeast Asian country has tested more than 8 million out of about 110 million people since the COVD-19 outbreak in January last year. The country’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is expected to start on March 1, using Sinovac vaccine produced by China./. VNA …

/ February 27, 2021

Six COVID-19 cases reported on February 27

Taking samples for COVID-19 tests (Photo: VNA) Hanoi, (VNA) – Six COVID-19 cases were detected over the past 12 hours to 6pm February 27, raising the national tally to 2,432, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. All the new cases were found in quarantine facilities in the northern province of Hai Duong. Among patients still under treatment, 32 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 50 twice and 100 thrice. As of February 27 afternoon, 10 provinces and cities had gone through 14 consecutive days without new locally-infected cases of COVID-19. More than 63,990 people are being quarantine across the country./. VNA …