Preventive controls

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has recommended local enterprises to strictly implement regulations on food safety for farming and seafood products exported to China to avoid them getting stuck at border gates. The recommendation was issued after China has again strengthened inspections for agricultural and seafood products at the border gates due to a new COVID-19 outbreak relating to the Xinfadi agricultural wholesale market in Beijing. Chinese authorities would also inspect further food safety, quarantine and traceability for imported goods to this nation, especially fresh, frozen and processed agricultural and aquatic products at ports and border gates to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic. “Those activities could affect customs clearance for goods at the border gates between Vietnam and China,” the MoIT said. Therefore, local firms and households exporting those products to China should cooperate with their Chinese partners to … [Read more...] about Local firms urged to control food safety for exports to China

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam on August 5 afternoon recorded another 41 cases positive to the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control. By 6:00 pm of the day, the country had reported 713 COVID-19 cases, including 309 imported ones that have been quarantined right after their arrival, and 264 new cases related to the central city of Da Nang since July 25. The committee further said that also on the day, three COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear in the northern province of Ninh Binh. With this, the number of the cases in this group rose to 381 out of the 713, or 53.4 percent of the total. The COVID-19 fatalities in Vietnam stood at eight. Among the patients being treated, 22 have tested negative for the virus once and 11 others at least twice. Currently 1,565 people are being quarantined at hospitals, 20,645 at other concentrated facilities, and 97,831 others at home./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam records another 41 COVID-19 cases

“Those visitors who live near Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City can take the plane and consider other means of transport to come home,” Thuy added. “Those living in localities without an airport will be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine period in Da Nang, and will then look for appropriate transport to come home.”  … [Read more...] about Tourists stranded in Da Nang to be brought home by air

For the railway industry, the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route via Danang is not allowed to receive passengers and can only stop at the central city for technical operations. All intercity bus services, taxis, and contract vehicles in Danang are also suspended, except for special cases such as carrying specialists, workers, and patients. The same ban applies to maritime passenger vessels. … [Read more...] about Careful reopening of international flights just around the corner

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