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A special Mid-Autumn Festival was held on Monday evening at a field hospital which specialises in providing treatment for Covid-19 patients in HCM City. Field Hospital 12 is now home to 2,200 Covid-19 patients, including 60 children aged below 15. Thanks to donors’ support, the hospital organised the Mid-Autumn festival for patients. Sixty gifts with toys, cakes and sweets were given to children. The children were eager for the festival. Tan Bao Linh and her younger brother Tan Bao Kha received the gifts from doctors. "We’re very happy to receive the presents. This is the most special Mid-Autumn festival for us to date,” Bao Linh said. Doctor Pham Dang Trong Tuong, deputy director of the hospital, said that many children had to experience Covid-19 symptoms such as fever and tiredness. The gifts are expected to help bring them joy. The hospital’s medical workers wore protective clothes with words about the Mid-Autumn Festival written …

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A part of Hóc Môn Wholesale Market is being used as a foodstuff freight transshipment station for HCM City. Photo nld.com.vn HCM CITY - Hóc Môn Wholesale Market in HCM City's Hóc Môn District on the first day of partial reopening on September 20 received hundreds of tonnes of food and foodstuff, a dramatic increase over previous weeks. The market's management company recently allowed 14 traders to deliver farm produce to a transhipment station at the market to meet increasing demand. The continuing increase in the amount of food and foodstuff delivered to the market has been due to higher demand as well as new regulations that have eased the transport of goods. The company said that if the operation was effective, the collection areas at the market would be expanded in the near future. The food arriving on Monday was mostly vegetables from areas such as the Mekong Delta region, Lâm Đồng Province and Lào Cai Province in the north. Lâm Văn Lợi, a driver from Lào Cai, said …

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Accordingly, the municipal Department of Tourism coordinated with the People’s Committee of Cu Chi district and HCM City Command to organize a trip on September 19 to Cu Chi Tunnel, an underground base of residents and revolutionary army during the resistance against the U.S. imperialists in the district, 70km north-west of HCM City. The tour also took visitors to Gia Dinh Temple, Ben Duoc Temple, and Tam Tan eco-tourism area. Another tour to Can Gio district which is dubbed the green lung of the city was also arranged by the department in collaboration with the district’s People’s Committee and Saigon Tourism Corporation. The organization of the tours was made in line with pandemic prevention regulations. Nguyen Thi Le, Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairwoman of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the tours are a way to express thanks to the front-line forces, while strengthening people's confidence in the COVID-19 prevention and control. …

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Hà Nội ready to co-exist with COVID-19 pandemic Health Ministry asked to study two COVID-19 treatment methods to reduce mortality Health ministry allows shortening interval of two AstraZeneca vaccine doses Hà Nội allows reopening of non-essential services HCM City to take care of children orphaned by COVID-19 A resident in HCM City has a COVID-19 testing sample taken. The city will allow employees with green cards to return to work in State-owned companies' offices in October. Only 50 per cent of staff with green cards, however, will be allowed to return to the office. VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — State-owned companies in HCM City will be allowed to reopen in October with employees who have been granted green cards and with no more than 50 per cent of their staff in the office. The city plans to increase the number to 100 per cent of the staff with green cards by mid-January next year. From October 1 to 31, state-owned agencies will arrange for staff …

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City to allow employees with green cards to return to work at state-owned companies Health Ministry asked to study two COVID-19 treatment methods to reduce mortality Health ministry allows shortening interval of two AstraZeneca vaccine doses Hà Nội allows reopening of non-essential services HCM City to take care of children orphaned by COVID-19 People receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Thanh Xuân District in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Anh HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội is ready to listen to recommendations and adjust plans for COVID-19 prevention and control as restrictions are eased in the capital city. Deputy secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Phong made the statement during a press conference on Tuesday morning. Phong said that the capital city's authorities will learn from experience, always ask for advice, and is ready to listen, including to opposing opinions, to make appropriate adjustments. Dũng said the city had already set plans for the …

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Hà Nội ready to co-exist with COVID-19 pandemic City to allow employees with green cards to return to work at state-owned companies Health ministry allows shortening interval of two AstraZeneca vaccine doses Hà Nội allows reopening of non-essential services HCM City to take care of children orphaned by COVID-19 Critically ill COVID-19 patients are treated at Hà Nội's National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. — Photo courtesy of the hospital HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday asked the Ministry of Health to consider studying two COVID-19 treatment methods newly recommended by Dr Nguyễn Thanh Liêm, former director of the National Paediatrics Hospital. The studies are expected to pave the way for suitable application of the two methods in treating COVID-19 in Việt Nam. According to Professor Nguyễn Thanh Liêm, the two treatment methods that have been applied in countries around the world could help reduce mortality rates relating …

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Workers package furniture for export at a factory in Việt Nam. Việt Nam and the EU agreed the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA/FLEGT), and the Vietnamese Government has carried out various activities to enhance timber legality in the supply chain. Photo courtesy Lê Thị Mỹ Thuyên ĐÀ NẴNG – Germany's International Co-operation Agency (GIZ) launched an e-training course on the due diligence system (DDS) for timber imports into Việt Nam, promoting principles of due diligence and its application in business activities of timber operators. The training course comprises a combination of theory and exercises developed based on real-life cases, and the Volunteer Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT). GIZ said the online course is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and co-financed by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom. It is a joint …

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The Ministry of Health has assigned local departments of health to advise people’s committees on the length of time between taking the two required AstraZeneca vaccine doses. The AstraZeneca vaccine manufacturers said the second dose should be injected about four to 12 weeks after the first dose. — Photo suckhoedoisong The ministry on Monday responded to a proposal from the Mekong Delta province of Long An and HCM City on shortening the gap between doses from a period of eight to 12 weeks to just six weeks. According to the ministry, AstraZeneca vaccine manufacturers have instructed that the protection rate of the first dose after 22 days of injection will reach 69.2 per cent. The second dose’s protection rate is 55.1 per cent if it is administered less than six weeks after the first dose. It increases to 59.7 per cent six to eight weeks after the first dose and 80 per cent 12 weeks after the first dose. The manufacturers advise that the …

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Border guards in Vietnam on Monday nabbed eight locals who attempted to sneak into Cambodia for work opportunities. Soldiers at Hoa Lu International Border Gate in Binh Phuoc Province caught the suspects while they were trying to enter Cambodia through Thanh Bien Village, located in Loc Ninh District. The suspects, the oldest being 32, hail from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Dak Lak Province, and many other localities of Vietnam. According to their testimonies, the group was involved in a trafficking ploy after searching for jobs on social media. They were told to assemble in Binh Phuoc to get transported to Cambodia for work, but the plan was foiled before they could reach the destination. Coronavirus tests of all eight returned negative. Hoa Lu border guards are working to clear the case. Also on Monday, Binh Phuoc police and other monitoring forces prevented a truck from smuggling seven individuals through a COVID-19 checkpoint in Thuan Thanh 2 Village of Dong Phu …

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