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IPs in Dong Nai take measures to prevent COVID spread from HCM City Two severely ill patients die of COVID-19 complications 71-year-old woman becomes Việt Nam's 62nd COVID-19 related death Recovered COVID-19 patient giving back to the community Technology leads the way in anti-COVID-19 strategy A worker at the Saigon High-tech Park in Thủ Đức City is vaccinated on June 19, the first day of the COVID vaccination drive in HCM City. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HCM CITY — HCM City on June 19 began the fourth phase of its COVID vaccination drive at the Saigon High-tech Park in Thủ Đức City. It is being carried out at 1,000 sites until July 5. Workers at industrial parks and export processing zones are prioritised to ensure the smooth operation of supply chains, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn said. A representative of the Thủ Đức City Medical Centre said 400-500 workers at the Saigon High-tech Park would be vaccinated on the first day. A … [Read more...] about HCM City begins the biggest vaccination drive

The largest ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign with 786,000 doses distributed to Ho Chi Minh City kicked off on June 19. Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh inspects COVID-19 vaccination at FPT Software Co. Ltd. in HCM City  (Photo: VNA) Addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh praised tireless efforts of local officials and people in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, especially unanimous cooperation of local residents with the municipal authorities to effectively cope with the health crisis. He requested local residents to continue strictly following with pandemic prevention and control measures in order to curb the spread of COVID-19, especially the 5K message, comprising khau trang (face masks), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distancing), khong tu tap (no gatherings), and khai bao y te (health declarations). Although the supply of vaccines is limited, the State and Government are making every effort so that people can have access … [Read more...] about HCM City kicks off largest ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign

HCM City authorities launched the biggest Covid-19 vaccination campaign on June 19 to vaccinate hundreds of workers at the Hi-tech Industrial Park in Thu Duc. Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, Party Secretary of HCM City Nguyen Van Nen, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and other state officials visited the opening ceremony. Over 400 workers will be vaccinated on June 19. On June 17, over 800,000 doses of vaccines were transferred to HCM City. This is part of the one million doses of vaccine given to Vietnam by Japan. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said they had already worked with the HCM City Covid-19 Prevention Committee, Department of Health and the city CDC to launch the vaccination campaign immediately after checking the status of the vaccine. The city planned to set up 1,000 vaccination sites during this campaign. Over 1,000 teams of five members have been set up with different tasks so far. Priority will be given to frontline workers, … [Read more...] about HCM City launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign

HCM City (VNA) - HCM City’s People’s Procuracy on May 7 approved the municipal police’s decision to arrest and begin legal proceedings against two men for organising housing for illegal immigrants , under Article 348 of the Penal Code . According to initial investigations, Hoang Van Cu, born in 2000 in northern Cao Bang province, moved to HCM City to look for work and came into contact with a Chinese man named Minh, who asked him to arrange accommodation for a group of Chinese friends for 200,000 VND (8.7 USD) per person per day. Cu knew that the Chinese nationals had illegally entered Vietnam but did not inform authorities, instead taking up Minh’s offer as he was in need of cash. The Tan Binh district police force discovered the Chinese immigrants on April 26 and arrested Cu. In another case, municipal police have started legal proceedings against Nguyen Van Thanh, born in 1995 in northern Bac Giang province and now residing in the city’s Tan Phu district, … [Read more...] about HCM City launches legal proceedings for housing illegal arrivals

The amount of land for cemeteries in HCM City is shrinking and authorities have been asked to draw up plans for future needs. About 7.5ha of land in Da Phuoc Cemetery in Binh Chanh District are covered in graves. Photo courtesy of nld.com.vn “My son died from cancer in January 2021. Burial costs were too high and it was not easy to find a cemetery in HCM City. So I decided to cremate. Since six temples nearby my house refused to store my son’s ashes, we had to go to District 8 to do so,” Nguyen Mot, a resident of Hiep Binh Chanh Ward in Thu Duc City told Người Lao Động (The Labourer) newspaper. Phoi Ngoc Thanh, owner of Cong Tho Phuc’s funeral service in District 5, said that Binh Hung Hoa Cemetery in Binh Tan District was once the largest cemetery in HCM City with a scale of more than 100,000 graves. However, it has temporarily stopped burials as authorities are carrying out relocation and clearance of some graves. Da Phuoc Cemetery in Binh Chanh District is … [Read more...] about HCM City lacks land for cemeteries

A city official has been assigned to focus only on epidemic fighting in an effort to control the spread of Covid-19 amid the second two-week social distancing period which ends on June 30. By June 18 noon, HCM City had 1,633 patients. Cases have been found in all of the city's 22 districts and Thu Duc City. Previously, the city had about 100 new patients daily, the second highest in the country, only after Bac Giang province. Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong assigned Vice Chair Duong Anh Duc to focus only on epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son left Bac Giang province to go to Ho Chi Minh City to assist the city in epidemic fighting. On the evening of June 17, the HCM City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) said that after controlling the infection chain related to the Revival Ekklesia Mission (with nearly 500 cases), the city had discovered six more infection chains, with a high number of cases. According to … [Read more...] about HCM City records more than 1,000 Covid-19 cases, steps up prevention measures