Synchronous measures against omicron

North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the country's first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak. North Korea's admission on Thursday that it is battling an "explosive" COVID-19 outbreak has raised concerns that the virus could devastate a country with an under-resourced health system, limited testing capabilities and no vaccine programme. State news agency KCNA said the country was taking "swift state emergency measures" to control the epidemic, but there is no sign that Pyongyang was moving to accept international offers of vaccines. "All provinces, cities and counties of the country have been totally locked down and working units, production units and residential units closed from each other since the morning of May 12 and strict and intensive examination of all the people is being conducted," KCNA reported on Sunday. A day earlier North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the spread of … [Read more...] about North Korea reports more deaths, says taking ‘swift measures’ against COVID outbreak

North Korea's admission on Thursday that it is battling an "explosive" Covid-19 outbreak has raised concerns that the virus could devastate a country with an under-resourced health system, limited testing capabilities and no vaccine programme. State news agency KCNA said the country was taking "swift state emergency measures" to control the epidemic, but there is no sign that Pyongyang was moving to accept international offers of vaccines. "All provinces, cities and counties of the country have been totally locked down and working units, production units and residential units closed from each other since the morning of May 12 and strict and intensive examination of all the people is being conducted," KCNA reported on Sunday. A day earlier North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the spread of Covid-19 had thrust his country into "great turmoil" and called for an all-out battle to overcome the outbreak. Despite the lockdowns, Kim and other senior officials on Saturday attended … [Read more...] about North Korea reports more deaths, says taking ‘swift measures’ against Covid outbreak

Trucks arrive at Cat Lai port (Photo: SGGP) Director of the USAID-funded Trade Facilitation Project Claudio Dordi revealed that according to a survey of the current state of Cat Lai port operations conducted by USAID, four main difficulties have been threatening the stability and port performance including traffic congestion around the port, overload of administrative procedures, incomplete information technology infrastructure. Additionally, he said the city’s canal system is not capable of receiving a container ship capacity of over 3,000 TEUs. Many businesses also said that the clearance time at Cat Lai port has improved, but compared to other ports in the region, it takes 6.37 days to clear the shipment. As international trade recovers from the impacts of Covid-19, addressing congestion at Cat Lai Port has become a priority. However, this is difficult to improve because the volume of containers passing through Cat Lai port is about 6 million TEU (in 20-foot containers) each … [Read more...] about Action plan to be implemented to reduce congestion at Cat Lai port

The defense leader was accompanied by leaders of several departments and functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense. During the visit, General San inspected task performance of several departments and progress of some ongoing projects of the hospital. According to Major General Nguyen Hong Son, Director of Military Hospital 175, the hospital has completed its training programs and developed and applied many new medical techniques to treating patients as well as ensured health consultancy for the medical station in Truong Sa (Spratly) island district, Khanh Hoa province. The hospital is also implementing various projects such as a general hospital with 1,000 beds. After listening to a report delivered by the hospital’s leaders and paying a fact-finding tour to their affiliated units, General San expressed his delight at seeing outcomes of the hospital’s task performance over the past time. He applauded efforts of the hospital’s medical personnel in conducting the … [Read more...] about Deputy defense minister visits Military Hospital 175

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai speaks at the conference (PHoto: SGGP) Speaking at the conference, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai said that the disbursement progress has so far achieved 11 percent, which is lower than last year with 17 percent. He added that many units have had low disbursement rates; therefore, all units and investors must clearly define their responsibilities, review each project, and solve any problems to ensure progress, not accumulate at the end of the year. In order to speed up the progress of projects, Chairman Phan Van Mai asked the units to report in detail and analyze each project for solutions. Reporting at the conference, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Planning and Investment Le Thi Huynh Mai said that most of the units with too low disbursement rates do have not much capital and are currently in the process of implementing procedures, so they have not completed the … [Read more...] about HCMC People’s Committee asks to remove difficulties, accelerate disbursement

A corner of District 2 in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The process of urbanisation is an important driving force for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development in the future, with urban areas slated to form a greater part of the country's economy in the next few years. Therefore, all levels of Party committees and Party members are told to focus on planning, construction, management and sustainable development of urban areas in Việt Nam by 2030. Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat Võ Văn Thưởng made the statement on Wednesday morning when he chaired a conference to direct the implementation of Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW, which is related to the country's urban areas. At the conference, Thưởng told the Government's Party Personnel Committee to soon issue an action plan to quickly implement the resolution. The action plan must have specific roadmaps and assignments; concreting the resolution’s targets into the annual … [Read more...] about Urbanisation process a driving force for rapid, sustainable socio-economic development