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Gojek offers free rides to and from COVID vaccination centres for a week. — Photo courtesy of Gojek Ride hailing app Gojek said it would provide all its customers in HCM City with two ride vouchers worth VND40,000 each (US$1.7) for booking motorbike rides to and from COVID-19 vaccination centres. The pair of vouchers will automatically be added to every user’s Gojek account on June 19 and be available for use until June 25 in line with city government’s vaccination schedule. New users who download the Gojek app and sign up between June 19 and 25 will also receive the vouchers in their accounts. Phung Tuan Duc, general manager of Gojek Vietnam, said: “Vaccination is an important layer of protection in our fight against COVID-19. We appreciate the efforts of the HCM City government in making vaccines available to its citizens, and want to do our part to support the effort by enabling our users to get to their vaccination appointments with ease and remove any transportation barriers to vaccine access. “We hope that with this campaign, more people will be inclined to get vaccinated and we can do our part to support the city’s fight against the pandemic.” — VNS …

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Two more people die of COVID-related complications Đà Nẵng closes off beaches and sit-in dining again as new COVID-19 outbreak emerges Việt Nam confirms 293 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday IPs in Dong Nai take measures to prevent COVID spread from HCM City Two severely ill patients die of COVID-19 complications A street in HCM City is almost empty as the city imposed stricter measures for pandemic control. VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Giang HÀ NỘI — A total of 300 local COVID-19 cases were reported on Sunday in nine localities, the Ministry of Health announced. HCM City topped the list of most infections with 137 followed by Bắc Giang Province with 96, Đà Nẵng City with 27, Bắc Ninh Province with 19, Bình Dương Province with 13, Nghệ An Province with five, and the provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Nam and An Giang with one each. Among the new cases, 281 were detected in quarantined or locked-down areas. On the same day, the ministry reported 11 imported cases which were quarantined upon arrival in Tây Ninh, Thái Bình, Kiên Giang and Bình Dương provinces. Twenty-one provinces of Yên Bái, Quảng Ngãi, Quảng Ninh, Quảng Trị, Thừa -Thiên Huế, Tuyên Quang, Sơn La, Ninh Bình, Thanh Hóa, Thái Nguyên, Hưng Yên, Hải Phòng, Tây Ninh, Gia Lai, Bạc Liêu, Điện Biên, Đắk Lắk, Đồng Tháp, Trà Vinh, Thái Bình and Vĩnh Phúc have not reported any new community cases for the last 14 days. As of Sunday evening,  Việt Nam has recorded a total of 11,513 local and 1,698 imported cases. There have been 9,943 cases since the fourth wave of infections hit the country on April 27. Stricter measures On Sunday, HCM City decided to ban public gatherings of more than three people as part of its latest measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to news.gov.vn. People must keep a distance of at least 1.5 metres from each other in public places and only leave home for emergencies, to buy food or …

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A Sacombank transaction office in HCM City. — Photo courtesy of Sacombank Sacombank has set aside VND10 trillion (US$434.78 million) for preferential loans to corporate customers at interest rates starting at 4 per cent for a maximum tenor of six months to help exporters and businesses overcome the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme targets enterprises ranging in size from micro to large that use the bank’s services like e-banking, salary payment, guarantee, international payment, and others. The interest rate will be 4-6.7 per cent depending on the type of business, scale of operation, loan tenor, and the use of the bank’s services. The loans will be given until December 31 or the package is exhausted. In addition to useful financial solutions, Sacombank also offers promotions to increase benefits for corporate customers. From June 1 to August 31, all corporate customers can choose account numbers for free, have their annual fees for business cards exempted and payroll service fees waived for three years and get fee waivers or reductions on a number of services, while their staff are entitled to preferential treatment when using modern, full-package banking services. New and existing corporate customers with increases in transactions or resume transactions at Sacombank and meeting certain conditions in terms of value of transactions and average balance in their current accounts will be eligible to participate in the lucky spin programme ‘ Tung bung xe sang – Trieu deal thang hang .’ It will offer one special prize of an Audi Q2 car worth VND1.8 billion ($78,283), six first prizes of combos worth VND100 million each and 12 second prizes of combos worth VND50 million each. Customers who win the first and second prizes can choose their gifts, which are combos of modern office equipment like interactive screens, projectors, laptops, printers, and tablets and office healthcare equipment like air purifiers, automatic hand …

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