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The Ministry of Health documented an additional 8,681 coronavirus cases across Vietnam on Monday, along with 6,821 discharged patients and 215 fatalities. Thirty-eight provinces and cities logged 8,668 domestic cases, the lowest daily rise in a month, while the country reported 13 separate imported infections, the health ministry said. The ministry had registered 10,025 locally-infected patients on Sunday. Over 6,100 of the latest domestic cases were found in the community, with the remaining detected in cordoned-off areas or centralized quarantine facilities. Ho Chi Minh City recorded 5,171 local infections, down by 325 patients from yesterday; Binh Duong Province 1,410, down by 922; Dong Nai Province 869; Long An Province 268; Tien Giang Province 211; Kien Giang Province 175; Dak Lak Province 113; An Giang Province 100; Can Tho City 48; Hanoi nine; and Da Nang three. Vietnam has confirmed 691,285 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities since the …

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Ha Long, a tourism city on Vietnam’s northern coast and home to Ha Long Bay, has reopened beaches and various physical activities after most of its adult population received their COVID-19 vaccinations. The administration of the city, part of Quang Ninh Province, on Sunday decided to reopen since the city has inoculated around 90 percent of residents aged 18 and older. Such resumption is part of the city's steps to meet its double goal of fighting COVID-19 and promoting socio-economic development, after months of suspension due to the pandemic, local authorities said. Public beaches, football fields, gyms, fitness facilities, yoga centers, and billiards clubs have been allowed to re-operate from Sunday noon. Activities to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Tuesday, will also be conducted. The city’s authorities require all individuals and organizations engaging in such activities to fully implement epidemic prevention measures. Administrations of all levels …

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The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Sunday decided to allocate an additional eight million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to 25 cities and provinces. The doses, made by Chinese firm Sinopharm, are donated by Vietnamese Van Thinh Phat Group. Of the 25 provinces and cities, Hanoi is the biggest recipient with 1.36 million shots, followed by Quang Ninh with 700,000, and 500,000 for each of Ho Chi Minh City, Lang Son Province, Hai Phong City, and Yen Bai Province. The new jabs will help these localities inoculate people with the first and second jabs. Before Sunday’s allocation, 5.5 million Sinopharm vaccine doses had been used to immunize people in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Ninh Province, Hai Phong City, Binh Duong Province, and Dong Nai Province. So far, Vietnam has received approximately 50 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, including 20 million Sinopharm shots, more than six million of which were donated by China and five million were purchased by Ho Chi Minh City, …

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Foreign businesses in Vietnam have expressed their concerns over the prolonged social distancing measures applied throughout the country to stall the coronavirus spread, warning that it would miss many investment opportunities given slow economic reopening. Foreign business associations including AmCham Vietnam, the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, EuroCham, and KoCham recently sent a joint letter to the central government to propose a strategy on ‘localized pandemic prevention and control,’ aimed at restoring safe production and business activities in a 'new normal.' It is important that Vietnam take action now to maintain its regional and global competitiveness, and not to lag in economic recovery, the letter wrote. The business associations said they support the strategy to adapt to living with the virus safely and wish to joint hands with the government and localities to reopen the economy safely and enable economic recovery. Businesses need a clear road map and an exact date …

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Mobile medical centers in Ho Chi Minh City were overcrowded with app-based delivery workers on Monday morning as they needed to obtain a positive COVID-19 test result before starting their daily job as required by local authorities. Due to the small number of mobile medical stations, which provide the testing service for free, many workers had to tolerate long waits and chaotic situations to finish the mandatory procedure. “We’ve waited here since 4:30 am,” said Nguyen Thanh Long, a 25-year-old motorbike partner of multi-service app Grab, referring to a mobile medical point in Go Vap District. “Some others gave up after waiting for too long. “It is overburdened for such a few medical stations to perform tests for a multitude of delivery workers. “I’m concerned about such large gatherings and hope that there will be more mobile medical stations for COVID-19 testing.” Meanwhile, Minh Anh, another Grab delivery worker, left the venue empty-handed on Monday morning, the second …

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A Chinese director of two companies in Vietnam has been charged for directing the illegal burial of over 250 metric tons of industrial waste at a local construction site, local police reported. Police officers in Bac Giang Province on Sunday said they have indicted 49-year-old Li Shao Xing, director of Vietnam Ever-Star Co. Ltd. and Vietnam Evergreen Co. Ltd., and his Vietnamese deputy at these firms, Nguyen Thi Huong, 39, on charges of causing environmental pollution. On May 6, local police, in coordination with other relevant agencies, inspected a construction site operated by Vietnam Ever-Star at Lan Son Industrial Cluster in the province’s Luc Nam District. At that time, the company was carrying out the ground filling and leveling work for building a new plant. This photo shows the excavation of waste illegally buried at a construction site of Ever-Star Co. Ltd. in Luc Nam District, Bac Giang Province, Vietnam. Photo : Minh Linh / Tuoi Tre Excavations …

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Thailand's SCG Packaging Pcl (SCGP) on Monday announced an 11.8 billion baht ($353.93 million) expansion in its packaging paper business in Vietnam, anticipating growth in demand. A new facility will be built in Vinh Phuc province in northern Vietnam, to begin operations in early 2024, which will raise total production capacity to 870,000 tonnes of packaging paper per year, up from 500,000, SCGP said in a statement. It will be run by Vina Kraft Paper, a joint venture between SCG Packaging and Japan's Rengo Company, of which SCGP holds 70%. "Vietnam has strong domestic consumption and is an important export base in the region, a big draw for multinational companies to invest their operations there," chief executive Wichan Jitpukdee said. Wichan anticipated Vietnamese demand growth of 6% to 7% annually until 2025. SCGP, a unit of Thailand's largest industrial conglomerate, Siam Cement Pcl, said it would use cash and debt to finance the expansion. The facility is the latest …

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Former Vice President Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, media reported, setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the November election. The Associated Press and CBS News both projected that Biden passed the 1,991 delegates he needs to be chosen as nominee at the party's national convention, with contests still to come in eight states and three U.S. territories. Biden won the delegates after seven states and the District of Columbia held presidential primaries on Tuesday. “It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded — and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party,” Biden said in a statement. “I am going to spend every day between now and November 3rd fighting to earn the votes of Americans all across this great country so that, together, we can win the battle for the soul of this nation, and make sure …

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