Parents bring their children to school on Monday in HCM City. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HCM CITY — More than one million kindergarten children and first to sixth graders in HCM City returned to school on Monday after nine months of virtual learning as COVID-19 outbreak eases. Seventh and 12th graders resumed classes two months ago. After …
Read More »HCM City’s 1st metro line to start trials by year-end
Construction going on at Bến Thành Station on metro line No 1. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo by Tiến Lực HCM CITY — HCM City’s metro line No 1 between Bến Thành Market in District 1 and Suối Tiên Theme Park in Thủ Đức city will start trial operations by December 31 …
Read More »HCM City to close largest COVID ICU as severe case numbers fall sharply
The 1,000-bed COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit in Thủ Đức City will be closed and the facility returned to the HCM City Oncology Hospital. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Health has recommended that the People’s Committee should close down the 1,000-bed Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit in …
Read More »3 bridges planned to improve transportation in HCM City
The design of the proposed cable-stayed bridge over the Soài Rạp River in HCM City between Cần Giờ and Nhà Bè districts. — Photo courtesy of HCM City’s Department of Planning and Architecture HCM CITY — Three new bridges in HCM City are expected to make travel more convenient, improve …
Read More »HCM City calls for locals and authorities to be wary of COVID-19 risks after Tết holiday
HCM City locals wear masks outside while shopping for Tết items on late January. The city is prepared for a possible spike of new COVID-19 cases after the holiday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Xuân Đăng HCM CITY — HCM City is prepared for a possible spike in COVID-19 caseload after Tết, …
Read More »HCM City to develop traffic infrastructure
A map showing the route of the planned HCM City – Mộc Bài Expressway connecting HCM City with neibouring Tây Ninh Province, which is expected to facilitate economic growth in the southern region, especially Mộc Bài Border Gate Economic Zone. — Photo courtesy of Ministry of Transport HCM CITY — …
Read More »HCM City volunteers assist Hà Nội in the COVID-19 fight
A member of Nhất Tâm Charity Group helps an elderly man infected with the COVID-19. — Photo nhandan.vn HÀ NỘI — Watching from afar, volunteers in HCM City decided to step up to the plate and help out those in Hà Nội struggling with COVID-19. As cases in the …
Read More »HCMC ward launches free waste disposable scheme
HCM City — The New Year is the time to say: “Out with the old, in with the new”. As Tết (Lunar New Year) approaches, many people are tidying and decorating their homes in preparation for the most important holiday of the year. Most Vietnamese people believe that a neat and …
Read More »Free rides for workers and students going home for Tết
A migrant worker going home for Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday on the free ‘Train of Spring’. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Vũ HCM CITY — Workers and students in HCM City have been offered free rides home this Tết (Lunar New Year), a gesture of support with the hope that …
Read More »HCM City contains Omicron spread in community
A sign placed in front of a house where a COVID patient is quarantined at home in HCM City’s District 3. VnExpress News Photo Bồ Xuân Hiệp HCM CITY — HCM City has basically contained the local spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19. Speaking at a press …
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