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The Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam has the second cheapest cost of living among six Southeast Asian cities according to a research report by iPrice. Vietnam’s largest urban expanse, is also the place that attracts thousands of expats for job and livelihood opportunities. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Ho Chi Minh City is a popular destination in Southeast Asia where tourists can find diverse cuisines, hospitable people, and historic architecture. In addition, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest urban expanse, is also the place that attracts thousands of expats for job and livelihood opportunities. iPrice has conducted…

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The Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam has the second cheapest cost of living among six Southeast Asian cities according to a research report by iPrice. Vietnam’s largest urban expanse, is also the place that attracts thousands of expats for job and livelihood opportunities. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Ho Chi Minh City is a popular destination in Southeast Asia where tourists can find diverse cuisines, hospitable people, and historic architecture. In addition, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest urban expanse, is also the place that attracts thousands of expats for job and livelihood opportunities. iPrice has conducted…

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Nearly 36 kilograms of drugs of various types have been found in such products as powdered milk, tea, and coffee that were recently imported into Vietnam by postal services. The Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department confirmed on Tuesday it had coordinated with anti-smuggling officers under the municipal Department of Public Security to inspect 16 parcels with suspicious signs. They found synthetic drugs in the form of MDMA pills, also known as ecstasy, cannabis, and ketamine hidden in boxes of moisturizing cream as well as cans of roasted peanuts, tea, and coffee. The containers were made of tin, wrapped up…

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The Vietnamese Ministry of Health said that COVAX Facility has committed to provide Vietnam with nearly 40 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, enough for over 19 million people categorized as priority. As a result, Vietnam does not need to buy more AstraZeneca vaccines. Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong has sent a document about the vaccines to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. According to the Ministry of Health, there are 19.4 million people in nine groups of people priotized for Covid-19 vaccination, including the highest number in HCM City, about 1.56 million people, and the lowest in the…

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Vietnam has logged 2,865 COVID-19 patients, including 1,571 locally-transmitted cases Almost 60,000 people were administered the first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories The Ministry of Health recorded eight new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, against a backdrop of almost 320,000 people having been inoculated in Vietnam. All eight infections were imported from Japan, six registered in Khanh Hoa Province, one in Nam Dinh Province, and one in Da Nang, the health ministry said. The patients had been quarantined since their arrival by plane in the country earlier this month, it noted. Vietnam has logged 2,865…

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Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday fined 12 people VND24 million ($1,040) for not wearing masks in public, VNExpress reported. In October last year, the southern metropolis fined over 4,000 for failing to do so, for a total VND316 million. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Ho Chi Minh City fines citizens $1,000 for not wearing masks. At a restaurant on Huynh Van Banh Street of Phu Nhuan District, three employees and one customer were found not wearing masks and fined VND2 million each. Six people at the September 23 Park near the Ben Thanh Market of District…

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Overwhelmed by Covid’s second wave, India’s hospitals are turning away patients due to shortage of resources such as oxygen, medicines, beds etc and the government machinery too is unable to cope. This is forcing patients to turn to medical treatment at home with whatever private help they can get which is mostly at highly inflated prices. As a result, many people who had bought health insurance policies in the hope that it would help them financially during such medical emergencies, are now left in the lurch. This is because most existing mediclaim/indemnity type health insurance policies do not cover standalone…

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Hai Van Pass named among 10 most beautiful drives worldwide by the renowned U.S. magazine Travel + Leisure. The travelawaits also names Phu Quoc island of Vietnam among 15 best islands in the world to retire on in 2021. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Renowned U.S. magazine Travel + Leisure recently named the Hai Van Pass in the central Vietnamese coastal city of Da Nang among the 10 most beautiful drives in the world, with the Pentagon Motor Group (PMG)’s Instagram data analysis being taken into account. Hai Van Pass has been dubbed “one of the best coast…

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