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HCMC to impose e-health declaration mandate starting tomorrow The Saigon Times Passengers make health declarations at the Noi Bai airport in Hanoi. All residents in HCMC are required to make electronic health declarations starting tomorrow, June 24 - PHOTO: VNA HCMC – All residents in HCMC are required to make electronic health declarations starting tomorrow, June 24, to serve the fight against Covid-19, which is showing no signs of abating in the city. Duong Anh Duc, vice chairman of the municipal government, has sent a dispatch to departments, agencies, the authorities of Thu Duc City, and districts regarding the citywide electronic health declaration mandate. Duc said that HCMC had launched the “Electronic Health Declaration System” which can apply to all medical facilities in the city, aimed at facilitating contact tracing activities. To continue enhancing the effectiveness of the e-health declaration system in the anti-virus fight, the city asked all … [Read more...] about HCMC to impose e-health declaration mandate starting tomorrow

Health Ministry urges faster Covid-19 vaccination in HCMC and 9 other provinces The Saigon Times Workers in HCMC wait for Covid-19 vaccination. The Ministry of Health has urged HCMC and nine other provinces to speed up their Covid-19 vaccination process - PHOTO: TNO HCMC – The Ministry of Health today, June 23, sent an urgent dispatch to HCMC and nine other provinces—Nam Dinh, Cao Bang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Daklak, Tien Giang, Lam Dong, Can Tho and Kien Giang—asking them to accelerate their slower-than-expected Covid-19 inoculation process. According to the ministry, on May 20, it provided the HCMC Center for Disease Control (HCDC) with 70,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses, and institutes, hospitals and other units in the city with 4,500 doses, Tuoi Tre Online newspaper reported. On June 17, HCDC continued receiving an additional 786,000 doses, and institutes, hospitals and other units were given 10,370 doses. On June 14, the ministry asked the governments of … [Read more...] about Health Ministry urges faster Covid-19 vaccination in HCMC and 9 other provinces

Vietnam has 85 new Covid-19 cases The Saigon Times Medical workers conduct Covid-19 tests. The Ministry of Health this evening, June 23 reported 85 fresh Covid-19 cases, including three imported cases in Tay Ninh and Kien Giang and 82 domestic ones - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The Ministry of Health this evening, June 23 reported 85 fresh Covid-19 cases, including three imported cases in Tay Ninh and Kien Giang and 82 domestic ones, taking the country’s tally to 13,947. Among the latest locally-infected cases, HCMC accounted for the most, 61, followed by Danang City with six, Nghe An with five, Bac Ninh with four, Long An with three, Kien Giang with two and Bac Giang with one. Since the fourth wave of the coronavirus, which began on April 27, the country has reported 10,657 domestic cases, with 2,910 patients having recovered from the disease. In another development, the Tien Giang Center for Disease Control this afternoon reported six suspected Covid-19 cases in Tan … [Read more...] about Vietnam has 85 new Covid-19 cases

The number of daily cases in HCMC has kept passing the 130 mark for over a week now, making up the highest number of cases reported nationwide. Part of the cases are related to clusters the city has identified, but more than a few have only been detected after patients visited local hospitals for health examinations and a screening step later revealed they’d contracted the new coronavirus. Over the past two weeks, the city has been detecting new infections without clear sources of transmission every day. It means the virus has spread quietly in the community, according to the city’s Center for Disease Control. On Wednesday morning, of 51 cases confirmed in HCMC, 10 were detected after visiting local hospitals for their medical checkups. They are residents of districts of 8, 10, 4 and Thu Duc City. On Tuesday, as the city recorded 136 patients, nine were found in similar circumstances, having come on their own for health checks to local hospitals. The ratio was 137:19 last … [Read more...] about Transmission sources unknown for many HCMC Covid-19 patients

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has proposed that 400 taxis be operated to take local residents to hospitals after the transport service was banned as part of COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the city. The transport department asked the municipal People’s Committee to consider letting 200 taxis of Vinasun Corporation and 200 cabs of Mai Linh Group to resume operations. This will provide favorable conditions for citizens to travel to local hospitals and medical centers. In accordance with Directive No. 10 of the Ho Chi Minh City administration, all taxis, app-based car services, inner-city buses, and inter-provincial coaches were suspended from Sunday. Following the ban, local residents have met a lot of difficulties whenever they need to go to healthcare facilities, the transport department stated. During a social distancing period in the metropolis in April 2020, 200 Mai Linh taxis were operated to transport citizens to local infirmaries. The cabs … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City transport department proposes operation of 400 taxis as ambulance service

The museum preserves many valuable items which tell the history of the country’s photography. Only 15 km from Hanoi’s center, Lai Xa Photography Museum in Lai Xa village, Kim Chung Commune in Hoai Duc District is regarded as the first and only craft village dedicated to photography and the birthplace of photography in Vietnam. A visitor to Lai Xa Photography Museum. Photo courtesy of the museum The museum was introduced to the public in 2017 to commemorate 125 years that Nguyen Dinh Khanh, a villager who was regarded as the “father” of the village’s photography trade and played a key role in the development of photography throughout Vietnam and abroad, opened his first photography shop. The museum is a two-story building, located in the middle of the village. It has a display area of nearly 300 square meters showcasing about 150 photos and over 100 artifacts associated with the history of the trade. Among them, there is a valuable collection of different … [Read more...] about Lai Xa Photography Museum – where to snap Vietnam’s photography