Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City's Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has proposed five solutions to strengthen and improve epidemic prevention measures from midnight on August 23.

According to the national vaccination portal, 5,064,449 people in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City People's Committee has permitted work on a series of urgent traffic projects to continue during the current social distancing period, said the city Department of Construction.

To deal with the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic, residents in Ho Chi Minh City have shown solidarity to push back the pandemic and help each other overcome the consequences of the pandemic.

Mr. Justin Bui, a Vietnamese citizen in Australia and his friends in other countries have donated 12 tons of rice to units in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) through the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese in the city.

Wharf 125 of Cat Lai Port in HCM city resumed operations from August 16 to connect rice export activities for rice businesses in southern localities, said Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien, Vice Chairman cum General Secretary of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

In an official dispatch sent to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health and the Department of Foreign Affairs on August 17, the Office of the City People's Committee conveyed the approval of Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc on administer COVID-19 vaccines for foreigners living, studying and working in the city.

As statistics show that more than 2.5 million people in Ho Chi Minh City are facing difficulties due to COVID-19, the city will give unconditional assistance for those and the assistance will be delivered to people's homes, said Director of the City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Minh Tan on August 17.

With the determination to fight the COVID-19 epidemic, Ho Chi Minh City is trying to reduce the number of infections, and deploying vaccination to achieve herd immunity by the end of August.

After more than one month of receiving and treating COVID-19 patients, nearly 6,000 cases have been given successful treatment and discharged from the field hospital No. 6 in Ho Chi Minh City, a representative from the hospital said on August 15.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on August 15 asked agencies to carry out the plan for being ready to provide 1 million social welfare packages, in order to care for disadvantaged people who are affected by COVID-19.

On August 16, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and Head of Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, signed a decision to establish a 19-member team of consultancy experts to treat COVID-19.

On August 16, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) said that the city will continue to give maximum priority to COVID-19 prevention and put people's health and lives first. The city decided to extend social distancing for an additional one month to concentrate on controlling the sources of infection, bringing the number of COVID-19 cases to the lowest level.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City, the country’s current COVID-19 epicentre, will continue its strict social distancing measures for another month until September 15 15 in response to sustained coronavirus threats.

(CPV) – The content was mentioned in the report on the implementation of ODA from the German Government for Metro Line 2 (Ben Thanh - Tham Luong), which has just been sent by the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City has gave permission to Sapharco and VinaCapital to conduct the vaccine negotiation with Zuellig Pharma Co. Ltd., which represents the Moderna vaccine producer.

On August 11, the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front, in collaboration with the City Departments of Health, and Industry and Trade, received specialized medical equipment worth tens of billions of VND to serve the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic from individuals and businesses.

The Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs of HCM City has sent an official document to the municipal People’s Committee, asking for its instructions regarding the offer of 50,000 vials of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to HCMC by Lawyer Vo Duc Duy and his colleagues.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Customs Department has established 2 working groups to support businesses, including: Group 1080 to quickly respond on issues related to customs clearance, and Group 1081 to prevent congestion of goods at border gates.

(CPV) - In July 2021, Ho Chi Minh City focused on promoting a series of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control measures, especially social distancing in accordance with Directive 16 of the Prime Minister, so the city only greets domestic tourists, according to the city Department of Tourism.

On August 5, many foreigners living in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, were vaccinated against COVID-19. According to the plan, District 7 will pilot 4 vaccination locations for 18,000 foreigners living and working in the area.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just approved the second support package with a total cost of VND905 billion to help the poor and workers left jobless due to COVID-19.

On August 4, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) said that on August 3, the city had discharged an additional 2,778 COVID-19 patients from hospitals, bringing the total number of cured cases since the outbreak of the pandemic to 43,751.

On August 3, the Ministry of Health allocated 659,500 doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine which were bought from AstraZeneca by VNVC, to Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City.

Many meaningful projects are carried out by young Vietnamese in the US to support Ho Chi Minh City to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

As many as 30,000 N95 medical masks were presented to units in Ho Chi Minh City on July 30 by "Steve Bui and Friends Charity Fund" established by Mr. Steve Bui, a Vietnamese in Japan, in order to contribute to repel the COVID-19 pandemic, and soon bring the city to a new normal situation.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has made a decision that the city continues imposing city-wide social distancing measures under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16 for an additional 14 days from 0:00 on August 2.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has just signed a decision to establish an advisory group for policies on epidemic prevention and economic recovery in the city.

Residents in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City are not allowed to go out from 6pm to 6am the next day from July 26 to prevent COVID-19 pandemic from further spreading.

On July 22, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City started the fifth phase of its large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Accordingly 930,000 local people from 15 priority groups will be given COVID-19 vaccine shots.