Around six tons of chloramine B will be used for the fumigation The latest infections have taken Vietnam’s caseload to 78,269 Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories Vietnam’s economic hub Ho Chi Minh City has entered the first day of the seven-day decontamination throughout the city as an effort to curb increasing coronavirus spread that has recently caused thousands of infections every day. The Ho Chi Minh City Command, in conjunction with two chemical engineering units from the 7th Military Region and the Army’s Chemical Corps, has arranged two sanitization teams and 16 specialized vehicles for the disinfection. Binh…
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As of 6 am on Saturday, Vietnam had logged a total of 86,957 Covid-19 patients To date, 15,536 patients have been discharged from hospital Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories Vietnam confirmed 3,991 new Covid-19 cases in the last 12 hours as of 6 am on Saturday, including four from abroad, the Ministry of Health has reported. Among 3,987 locally-infected patients in 18 cities and provinces, HCM City accounted for 2,070, Long An (604), Binh Duong (523), Tien Giang (220), Tay Ninh (132), Dong Nai (122), Khanh Hoa (104), Ben Tre (52), Da Nang (36), Dong Thap (29), Vinh…
The infection tally of Vietnam’s new Covid-19 wave rose to 83,191 Saturday morning with 5,275 new cases added in 19 localities. Of all the patients so far in the wave, 15,536 have recovered and 335 have died. Hanoi reimposes social distancing rules after Covid-19 cases rise. The new patients were recorded in HCMC (2,070) and the southern provinces of Long An (604), Binh Duong (523), Tien Giang (220), Tay Ninh (132), Dong Nai (122), Ben Tre (52), Dong Thap (29), Vinh Long (25), Kien Giang (14), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (8) and Hau Giang (6); Da Nang (36) and…
Vietnam daily Covid-19 cases reach record high 7,295 Social distancing rules also extended in business hub of HCMC. Vietnam’s Capital city of Hanoi will impose social distancing measures for 15 days, amid the emergence of new COVID-19 clusters, authorities said. The restrictions will take effect from 6am Saturday, imposed under Directive 16, which comprises the most stringent social distancing regulations. The order requires residents to stay at home and only go out for basic necessities such as buying food or medicines or to work at factories or businesses that are allowed to open. People must keep a distance of at…
Vietnam daily Covid-19 cases reach record high 7,295 on Friday. The virus has spread to 61 of 63 localities of the country. Ministry of Health confirmed 3,397 Covid-19 cases Friday evening, pushing the daily tally to a new high of 7,295. HCMC led the latest count with 1,611, followed by Binh Duong (571), Long An (379) and 27 other cities and provinces. Of Friday’s total, 1,083 cases were detected in the community and the rest in quarantine facilities, or lockdown zones. On Friday’s total, 4,913 cases were in HCMC. With 2,115 patients declared recovered on Friday, the total number of…
At least 20 Moscow companies working in the fields of medicine, information technology, food, construction, machinery and equipment introduced their products to Vietnamese partners in an online business matching event. Foreign investors have poured 15.27 billion USD of investment in Vietnam so far this year, equivalent to 97.4 percent of the amount recorded in the same period last year. More than 100 Vietnamese companies took part in an online business matching event with entrepreneurs from Moscow, Russia, on July 20. The event was organised by the Moscow Export Center with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health announced 3,898 more Covid-19 community transmissions in 21 cities and provinces Friday morning, with most of them in Ho Chi Minh City. The nation has vaccinated more than 4.41 million of its 96-million population against Covid-19, but only 334,560 have got two doses. Vietnam records 3,898 new local Covid cases, a mong the new cases, HCMC recorded 3,302 new patients, followed by its neighbor Long An Province (223), central Da Nang City (47). Also read: Foreign giants in Vietnam facing new challenges during new Covid wave The other cases were reported in the southern provinces of Binh…
Supply chain disruption threatens foreign giants as Covid-19 rages as HCMC and southern provinces undergo strict social distancing orders for at least two weeks, factories are scrambling to keep their production going while ensuring workers’ safety. Key suppliers for major companies like Netflix and Nike have been forced to host employees on site or cease production as Covid-19 keeps spreading, especially in the southern region, VNExpress, a local media reported. Related: Nike and Adidas supplier in Vietnam suspends its production over Covid concerns Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer ASRock in the southern province of Binh Duong estimates that its July revenues would take…
The ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in HCMC is yet to reach its peak and the numbers could keep rising in the coming days, the municipal CDC warned Thursday. Within just 12 hours starting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the southern city had recorded 2,433 new Covid-19 cases, according to the Ministry of Health. In the fourth coronavirus wave which hit Vietnam in late April, HCMC has recorded over 43,700 cases so far to become the heaviest hit locality in the country. Despite the rising case count, several positive signs have been seen, including the fact that no new cluster has been detected and…
Since April 27, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have accounted for over 760 and 43,700 cases respectively Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories Medical authorities in Hanoi are expecting to inoculate 200,000 people in the Vietnamese capital city against COVID-19 per day, according to the municipal People’s Committee. So far, only Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have set a target of up to 200,000 shots being administered per day. Priorities will be given to frontline forces in the pandemic prevention mission, diplomatic staff, customs officers, officials of agencies participating in and supporting the mission, essential service providers,…