Ho Chi Minh City

More than 2,000 pieces of medical equipment and materials, including ventilators, dialysis machines, oxygen generators, and more than 12 million masks of all kinds have been delivered to field warehouses for COVID-19 prevention in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces.

Representatives of the Vietnam-Korea Business and Investment Association (VKBIA) and Saigon Share, a charity group, have actively joined hands with the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) administration and people to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ho Chi Minh City has discharged 4,837 COVID-19 patients from hospitals, and it is expected that in the coming days, the number of discharged patients will increase to an average of about 1,000 patients per day, Nguyen Huu Hung, Deputy Director of the City Department of Health, said on July 21.

So said Nguyen Hoai Nam, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, during a recent press briefing on the city’s COVID-19 prevention.

The Committee for Overseas Vietnamese of Ho Chi Minh City recently sent a letter to call upon the overseas Vietnamese community to join hands with the Party Committee, administration and people of Ho Chi Minh City to control the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the city soon back to the "new normal" situation.

From 0:00 on July 16, voters in the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) can submit their opinions to the HCMC People’s Council, term X, via switchboard 1022.

The Vietnamese Businesswomen Association in Sydney, Australia has just presented two ventilators to Pham Ngoc Thach hospital and donated money to buy food to support people in social distancing areas in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) amid the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People's Committee has just issued decisions to award the Ho Chi Minh City Badge to seven overseas Vietnamese who have made great contributions to the cause of the construction and development of the city.

On July 13, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health issued an urgent document on the implementation of measures to prevent and control the epidemic in the current period.

The Ho Chi Minh City COVID-19 Prevention and Control Committee decided to put into use a 1,000-bed resuscitation hospital, taking advantage of the modern infrastructure of part of the National Cancer Hospital No. 2, the City Department of Health has reported.

Ho Chi Minh City will carry out the fifth phase of COVID-19 vaccination, with an expected 1.1 million doses to be used in 2-3 weeks, the City Department of Health said during an online meeting on July 11.

The Ministry of Health will mobilise some 10,000 medical staff to join the fight against COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City, according to Health Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son.

Four field hospitals for COVID-19 treatment with a total scale of 12,000 beds went into operation in Ho Chi Minh City, as a plan for coping with the pandemic with up to 10,000 - 15,000 cases in the city, besides 5,000 beds in existing hospitals, the City Department of Health said on July 7.

(CPV) – Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee Commission on Popularization and Education Phan Xuan Thuy has appreciated the results in collaboration between Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper and the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee in disseminating information on the city, satisfying requirements.

According to the Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, the ministry will mobilise about 10,000 medical workers to aid Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two more temporary hospitals for COVID-19 patients to handle a surge in infections in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) have been established.

At a meeting between the Standing Board of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control and Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City leaders on July 5, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Duc Anh asked the city to tighten exit-entry regulations for COVID-19 prevention.

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city needs to continue to have solutions and policies to support businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, in order to maintain recovery of industrial production with positive growth.

The Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front on July 2 received over VND279 billion from 23 organizations, businesses and individuals for supporting equipment for COVID-19 prevention.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City’s park and green spaces plan, the is building more than 10 hectares of public parks and two hectares of public green spaces by the end of the year to improve local quality of life and the environment, as well as increase the amount of land for greenery.

Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc has said that the vaccination campaign was successful with nearly 800,000 doses of vaccine injected to prioritized people.

Ho Chi Minh City has been selected to carry out a pilot scheme on home quarantine for F1 cases that are in first hand contact with a COVID-19 patient if they meet certain conditions.

On June 26, a Government delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, inspected the COVID-19 prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City which is being hit hard by the pandemic.

(CPV) - In Ho Chi Minh city, Saigon Co.op has nearly 200 supermarkets operating day and night to ensure the supply of food and necessities for people in the hub.

Ho Chi Minh City will prioritise seven transport projects as part of its smart urban programme during the 2021-2025 period.

The Thu Duc city People’s Committees, districts, wholesale markets, traditional markets, supermarkets, convenience stores, businesses have been asked to provide market stability, stores selling foods and essential goods across the city to strictly comply with the Directive No.10 on enhancement of COVID-19 prevention and control issued by the municipal People's Committee.

Many GrabBike drivers have expressed worries for unsafety risks amid the current complicated and unpredictable COVID-19 pandemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City after a GrabBike driver in District 12’s Thanh Xuan Ward had a positive PCR test result for COVID-19 pandemic.

Ho Chi Minh City will build additional 10-hectare new public buildings and public parks in order to gradually improve the quality of life and the environment to create more urban green space for the city landscape.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee has just issued a plan to realize the transport infrastructure development project for the period of 2021-2030, with a total expected investment of 970.65 trillion VND (42.3 billion USD).

From now until the end of the year, Ho Chi Minh City is expected to receive over 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines each month, said Duong Anh Duc, Vice Chairman of the City People’s Committee, during a June 21 press conference on vaccination.