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Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has highlighted the reasons behind the steep decrease in coronavirus-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City. Although the number of COVID-19 fatalities in the southern metropolis is still the highest in the country, it has dropped significantly since August. Ho Chi Minh City recorded up to 340 deaths a day in mid-August, according to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son. That number is now under 50 a day, Son continued, adding that the overall number of coronavirus-related deaths nationwide has also fallen to double-digits per day. An infographic by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper shows COVID-19 deaths in Ho Chi Minh City decreasing from August 23 to October 20. The health official attributed the achievement to the city’s three-level treatment system, which allows hospitals to focus more on treating the seriously ill. The decision to quarantine and treat patients with mild symptoms at home also proved effective, easing a lot of …

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At the launch ceremony At the launch ceremony, Vice Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee Nguyen Ky Phung emphasized that Thu Duc City was established with great expectations of Ho Chi Minh City's leaders. The city was chosen to develop into a creative nucleus, becoming a leading economic sector and center of economy and innovative technologies. The city will gradually be developed into an innovative and highly interactive urban area of Ho Chi Minh City. During the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic, the IOC of Thu Duc City has supported the leaders of Thu Duc City in directing disease prevention and control on the basis of data analysis through the GIS application for disease management, spatial analysis, and reports about statistics. However, after its establishment, Thu Duc City has had a fragmented data situation, sporadic connection and consistency. Thu Duc City authority expected to build an unified data system that can be linked with industries to …

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The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has proposed the use of the Pfizer vaccine to inoculate children aged 12 – 17 against Covid-19. More than 92% of parents in HCM City have agreed with Covid-19 vaccinations for their children. In an urgent document sent to the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute, the department asked for their guidance and training on use of the Pfizer vaccine on children in that group age. The city will pilot vaccinations for students aged between 16-17 in Cu Chi District and District 1 first. At present, HCM City has over 712,000 children aged 12 to 17. A recent survey conducted by the municipal Department of Education and Training showed that over 92% of parents have agreed with Covid-19 vaccinations for their children. HCM City is the largest Covid-19 epicentre in Vietnam. The city has so far recorded over 426,000 infection cases, making up half of the country’s total tally. The Ministry of Health earlier agreed to …

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Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen at the ceremony The delegation included Nguyen Huu Hiep, Head of the HCMC Commission of Mass Mobilization; Nguyen Van Luu, Deputy Head of HCMC Commission of Mass Mobilization; Vu Manh Hai, Head of Committee for Ethnicity and Region under the Vietnam Fatherland Front in HCMC; Nguyen Van Luong, Deputy Head of the city's Committee for Religious Affairs. At the ceremony, Venerable Thich Quang Thanh, Deputy Head of the Office 2 of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee reviewed the 105-year old and 85- year religious life of Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue. With his virtue, humility and simple-style life, Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue had left many precious lessons on the lifestyle of a Buddhist as well as great contributions to Dharma and the people, praised by the Party and State. The city leaders and monks offer incenses to Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue. In Hanoi, a ceremony to offer incenses, perform …

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Dumpling production in Cầu Tre Foods JSC's factory in HCM City. The city's food companies need preferential loans to produce and store goods in preparation for the upcoming holidays. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HÀ NỘI — Food companies in HCM City are feeling the pressure of the upcoming holiday season, after months of COVID-19 restrictions. Many have requested the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) put them on the list of businesses eligible for preferential loans, to help them prepare for Christmas and Tết holidays. Lý Kim Chi, President of the Food Association of HCM City, said that many businesses are close to insolvency. Most of their money reserves were spent to cover costs during social distancing and they are now struggling to maintain operations. As a result, they are in dire need of preferential loans to produce and store goods in preparation for the upcoming holidays. Food companies also asked SBV to adjust mortgage valuations of well-run companies and offer more working …

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Pregnant women recieve gifts from the organizers. The meaningful program was launched and organized by SGGP Newspaper along with  coordination and sponsors of the Municipal Women's Union, the Midwifery Association of Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company (PNJ) and the Ho Chi Minh City Association for Women Executives and Entrepreneurs (HAWEE), the Intellectual Women’s Association of Ho Chi Minh City and the Fund named after Vietnam People's Armed Forces Hero Phan Trong Binh. Attending the gift-giving ceremony at the Women's Union of Cu Chi District, Head of the Family and Social Affairs Committee under the HCMC Women's Union Doan Thi Thanh Thuy visited and encouraged women near the end of their pregnancy. The gifts aim to share current difficulties with pregnant women as well as bring psychological comfort in the process of birth preparedness. The Ho Chi Minh City Women's Union is expected to continue to become a linkage between pregnant women and doctors, …

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Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Chairwoman of the Municipal People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang said that the city’s tourism industry is eager to welcome the first commercial tourists for the waterway tour. Earlier, HCMC had also performed nearly 20 roadway tour programs serving doctors and frontline forces participating in the Covid-19 fight. After a working session between HCMC and the three provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh a few days ago, the three Central provinces were unanimous in welcoming tourists from Ho Chi Minh City again. Over the passing years, the city tourism sector has identified waterway tourism as one of its strengths and potentials to develop unique tourism products. According to Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, waterway tourism is an attractive and potential tourism product that may be developed into one of the city’s typical key tourism products. In recent years, Ho Chi Minh City has exploited …

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(Illustrative photo: SGGP) The Road-Railway Traffic Police Division under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Public Security (PC08) yesterday said that owners of all business vehicles have to perform the procedures of changing their license plate color from white to yellow in advance December 31, 2021. After the review process, around 50,000 business vehicles in the city have not had been performed the procedure of changing their license plates. The PC08 required collectives and business vehicle owners to promptly contact the registration agencies to perform the procedure as regulated. Individuals and enterprises have to fill in all the information on the vehicles registration certificate. As for the businesses, it is obligated to attach an official letter with a list of vehicles and accurate license plates. It is mandatory to fill in the registration form for the vehicles owned by those businesses that have the demand of changing license plates and registration …

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The HCMC traffic police have granted vehicle registration certificate without transfer application or vehicles with many owners to residents from now until December 31. According to the PC08 , vehicle users without transfer applications or vehicles with many owners can arrive at the agency to carry out the procedure of changing vehicle ownership and submit the appropriate documents following the regulations. Accordingly, those users have to declare the detailed vehicle purchasing process, eligible vehicle reception and guarantee the vehicle origin. At the same time, the users have to submit the vehicle registration certificate, the transfer documents of both the owner holding the vehicle registration certificate and the latest seller (if possible). As for the registration procedure, the PC08 guided the vehicle users to contact the registration agencies in the places where they are living to submit the registration application, registration fee documents as regulated, …

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HCMC proposes six criteria for on-site food service businesses According to the draft regarding safety criteria for food and beverage establishments to resume operations while preventing Covid-19, food service establishments in the southern city are allowed to operate but must ensure six criteria. Among the criteria, a food establishment must have a certificate of food safety eligibility and have a QR code registration at http://antoan-covid.tphcm.gov.vn/. Moreover, eateries must ensure safety criteria in terms of facilities, equipment, and employee and limit the number of people present at the same time depending on coronavirus risks in the area. Additionally, food facilities must be responsible for implementing preventative measures against the Covid-19 epidemic according to the guidance of the health sector. Employees, deliverers, customers must comply with the 5K principles, have to scan QR codes, and strictly follow the instructions of the health sector including …

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