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HCM City is gathering opinions to reopen various activities from October 1 after the Covid-19 outbreak has been controlled in the city. Various activities to be reopened with conditions During a press conference on September 26, Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of HCM City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention said that the city planned to allow the reopening of many activities from October. The Department of Transport is consulting on how to regulate the traffic inside the city and organise inter-province traffic. Le Hoa Binh, vice chairman of HCM City People's Committee had sent an urgent document asking localities authorities to give feedback on the plan and propose measures to better control the outbreak while restarting the economy. According to the plan, crowds of more than 10 people will still be banned. However, if all of the participants have been fully vaccinated, a crowd with fewer than 50 people is allowed. Barriers and checkpoints at … [Read more...] about HCM City plans to reopen some activities from October 1

With specific conditions, Ho Chi Minh City has asked for the Prime Minister’s permission to apply special regulations to reopen the economy. A street of HCM City. Photo: Thanh Tung HCM City Chairman Phan Van Mai has sent a petition to the Prime Minister about the application of special regulations for reopening the city’s economy. In the petition, the city praised the efforts to develop the Guidelines "Safe and flexible adaptation, effective control of the Covid-19 epidemic". However, with specific conditions, the city recommends the Prime Minister to consider: To allow the city to apply its own regulations decided by the Prime Minister to be able to open the economy. Ho Chi Minh City will coordinate with relevant authorities to research and report to the Prime Minister on this issue. To give priority to allocate Covid-19 vaccines for the city and the southern key economic region to soon achieve vaccine coverage according to the provisions of the … [Read more...] about HCM City wants to have its own regulations to reopen the economy

HCM City’s museums are offering online displays and tours as part of their effort to develop business amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of HCM City Museum of Vietnamese History) HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City ’s museums are offering online exhibitions and virtual tours as part of their effort to develop business amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ao Dai Museum in Thu Duc city has launched a special exhibition programme called Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) on its fanpage. The programme offers online displays featuring long robe designs in different periods dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. Special collections of long robes belonging to political, cultural and artistic stalwarts like war heroine Nguyen Thi Dinh, the first woman major general in the Vietnam People's Army, former deputy president Nguyen Thi Binh, and Trinh Thi Hoa, former director of the HCM City History Museum, are included. The programme’s highlighted display … [Read more...] about HCM City’s museums launch online exhibitions

The downward trend in new COVID-19 infections and a high ratio of vaccination have been among good signals creating the momentum for Ho Chi Minh City to reopen its economy after September 30 as planned. According to the city Department of Health, as of September 26 morning, 9.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been injected, with 6.8 million people, or 94.5 percent of local residents over 18 years old receiving the first shots and 2.6 million others getting full two shots. Meanwhile, the ratio of new infections in red and orange zones detected through mass testing has declined from 3.7 percent to 1.1 percent after six testing drives. In the seventh testing drive from September 20, the ratio was 0.3 percent. Defining health care strategy as one of key factor for the re-opening plan, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Vice Director of the city Health Department said after vaccination reaches full coverage, the city will focus on managing COVID-19 patients in the community, … [Read more...] about HCM City prepares for reopening after September 30

The Association of Francophone Universities (AUF) has opened employment support centres in Hà Nội and HCM City. — Photo Courtesy of AUF HÀ NỘI — On Monday the Association of Francophone Universities (AUF) opened two employment support centres in Hà Nội and HCM City, with the aim of connecting students with job opportunities, increase their integration into the labour market and encourage their start-up spirit. One centre – named the Centre d'employabilité francophone (CEF) in French - is based in Hà Nội University, while the other is based in the southern branch of Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences in HCM City. The two centres will have projects relating to consultation, job-seeking support, soft-skills training, occupational certification and start-ups. Jean-Marc Lavest, Director of AUF Asia and Pacific, said that in May 2020 the AUF launched a global poll. Feedback was received from more than 15,000 state agencies, university managers, … [Read more...] about French employment support centres open in Hà Nội and HCM City

In-door hairdressing salons are expected to reopen in HCM City from October 1. — Photo tienphong.vn HCM CITY — HCM City plans to gradually reopen some economic activities from October 1 as the pandemic has been basically put under control in the southern economic hub. Vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Lê Hòa Bình has sent an urgent document to authorities of local districts and communes to give opinions on a draft Directive adjusting measures safely and flexibly for effective COVID-19 control and socio-economic recovery. Under the draft Directive, the city will permit the reopening of businesses and production establishments in industrial zones, processing and exporting zones, high tech zones, as well as in districts and Thủ Đức City. Services allowed to reopen include food and drink for delivery, in-door hairdressing salons (allowed to operate at 50 per cent capacity), traditional markets, … [Read more...] about HCM City plans to resume some activities from October 1