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Drawing spreads love amid pandemic A drawing with the words “Our family has enough food, please give it to anyone in need” has gone viral on social networks recently. This small but meaningful act spreads a message of love, solidarity, and sharing with Vietnamese people facing difficulties, helping to magnify the determination to win out against the pandemic. The smile on the little girl’s face is also from belief and hope that one day Ho Chi Minh City and the whole country will return to some semblance of normality. The simple but meaningful action has helped ease people’s anxiety about the disease./. Japanese city popularises Vietnam ahead of Paralympic Games Authorities of Kokubunji city, west of Japan’s Tokyo capital city, on July 31 held an event to help local people understand more about Vietnam prior to the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency’s correspondent, Mayor Izawa Kunio said as Japan and Vietnam have been nurturing a … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES JULY 31

Here are today’s leading news stories: Politics -- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on Monday attended the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-54), which was held virtually, according to the Vietnam News Agency. COVID-19 Updates -- The Ministry of Health registered 3,563 domestic COVID-19 infections, including 1,998 cases in Ho Chi Minh City, on Tuesday morning, raising the national tally to 165,339, with 46,965 recoveries and 1,881 deaths. -- More than 180 health workers at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi traveled on a special Vietnam Airlines flight to Ho Chi Minh City on Monday to assist the fight against COVID-19 in the southern metropolis. -- Ten people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the central province of Quang Nam after returning from Ho Chi Minh City, provincial authorities confirmed on Monday, adding that they had been quarantined following their arrival. -- The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has allowed … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – August 3

The first "VND0 mini supermarket" in Hanoi opened on August 1 in the courtyard of the People's Committee of Duc Thang ward in Bac Tu Liem district, serving nearly 1,000 poor workers and students who are "stuck" in dormitories due to the Covid-19 epidemic. At 1 p.m., people queued for disinfection and making medical declaration before entering a special supermarket in the yard of the local People's Committee. They received market coupons before going to this special supermarket. The coupons noted the certain time they could go to the supermarket. Such coupons are used to ensure distance and limit the gathering of people. This is part of the campaign "Hanoi with a Red Heart", organized by the Youth Union and the- Vietnam Student Association of Hanoi and a number of businesses and organizations in Bac Tu Liem district. Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Youth Union Tran Quang Hung said: “Through this activity, we want to bring necessities to people in difficult circumstances during … [Read more...] about The first ‘VND0 supermarket’ in Hanoi welcomes people affected by Covid outbreak

The Ministry of Health recorded over 7,400 domestically-transmitted COVID-19 infections in Vietnam on Monday, together with more than 3,800 recoveries. Thirty-eight provinces and cities reported 7,445 locally-infected patients while another 10 cases were imported from abroad, the health ministry said. More than 2,300 cases were detected in the community whereas the remainder were found in isolated areas or centralized quarantine facilities. Ho Chi Minh City recorded 4,264 of the latest domestic infections, Binh Duong Province 949, Long An Province 445, Dong Nai Province 380, Khanh Hoa Province 286, Can Tho City 221, Hanoi 159, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 132. Since the fourth COVID-19 wave began in Vietnam on April 27, the country has detected 157,919 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities. Ho Chi Minh City is taking the lead with 98,559 patients, followed by Binh Duong Province with 17,807, Long An Province with 6,457, Bac Ninh Province with … [Read more...] about 7,445 more local coronavirus cases confirmed in Vietnam

Vietnam sees daily Covid-19 cases fall The Saigon Times Medical workers on duty at a Covid-19 treatment hospital. The Ministry of Health reported 4,254 fresh Covid-19 cases this evening, August 2 - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The Ministry of Health reported 4,254 fresh Covid-19 cases this evening, August 2, taking Vietnam’s single-day spike to 7,455, down 1,165 cases against yesterday. Seven of the fresh infections are imported cases, while the rest were locally acquired. Among the 4,247 domestic cases in 31 provinces and cities, HCMC accounted for the most, at 2,267, sending its daily spike to 4,264 and raising the city’s caseload during the current fourth coronavirus wave, which began in late April, to 98,559. Binh Duong Province came second with 453, seeing its count in the ongoing fourth wave reach 17,807, followed by Long An with 445, Khanh Hoa with 286, Dong Nai with 191, Ba Ria-Vung Tau with 132, Hanoi with 113 and Can Tho with 102. Dong Thap, Tra Vinh, Phu Yen, … [Read more...] about Vietnam sees daily Covid-19 cases fall