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Speaking at a meeting on Monday, Nguyễn Thiện Nhân, secretary of HCM City Party Committee, noted the rapid spread of the virus, with 9,500 new infections worldwide in January, mostly in China, and then rising to 76,000 in February and 840,000 in March. … [Read more...] about City to strengthen fight against COVID-19

Patient number 185 is a 38-year-old male, from Đông La Commune, Hoài Đức District, Hà Nội. He went to Bạch Mai Hospital's Neurology Department to take care of his brother-in-law on March 15,16, 18 and 19. He visited the hospital canteen at least twice during that time.  … [Read more...] about Six new cases announced, total hits 194

He released a series of novels in realistic style, such as Số Đỏ and Kỹ Nghệ Lấy Tây (Foreigner Marrying Industry), focusing on the negative lives of local snops and social issues in the semi-feudal colonial society during French war. … [Read more...] about Film project on Vũ Trọng Phụng’s famous novel begins

“My shop mainly supplies clothes for retailers in other provinces. Since the disease broke out, my shop has also provided online sales platform for customers. Even though sales are affected it is not by much. If travelling between different provinces is also banned, it will be a big problem for us. But now, the situation is still under control.” … [Read more...] about Businesses struggle in nation’s capital, but understand it is for the right reasons

"If something happens, where can we quarantine the people? What Vinh Phuc Province did was to quarantine an entire commune (Son Loi), which is good. While quarantining a rural area is easy, how can we do it in an urban area, where houses and streets are closely intertwined with one another?" Hue said, adding that authorities must consider ways to quarantine entire streets if necessary. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Hanoi mulls scenario to quarantine city streets