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Hanoi has allowed Hoan Kiem District to temporarily approve the leasing of its sidewalks by food and beverage establishments at VND45,000 ($1.97) per square meter per month. The decision, formalizing the municipal administration’s approval of a proposal forwarded by its finance department, will allow use of sidewalks next to houses …

Vietnam should beef up its healthcare system, ensuring that medical centers are well-equipped and can up their capacity, so as to avoid an Omicron-triggered overload, experts advise. They note that the latest variant of the novel coronavirus spreads faster. It is “predictable” that the Omicron coronavirus strain will be detected …

HCMC will conduct a New Year’s Eve countdown program without live spectators Friday night, the municipal People’s Committee said Thursday. From 10 p.m. Friday to midnight Saturday, Ho Chi Minh City will organize its yearly New Year’s Eve countdown program on Nguyen Hue Street in District 1, not Le Duan …

HCMC will conduct a New Year’s Eve countdown program without spectators Friday night, the municipal People’s Committee said. From 10 p.m. Friday to midnight Saturday, the city will organize its yearly New Year’s Eve countdown program on Nguyen Hue Street in District 1, not Le Duan Street as previously planned. …

Vietnam on Thursday recorded 19,848 local Covid-19 cases, including 2,868 cases detected on previous days in the southern province of Ca Mau. The coronavirus tally in the fourth wave since late April is 1,708,129 cases. The three localities with the highest numbers of cases are Ca Mau with 3,876 cases, …

HCMC budget revenues rose 3 percent year on year to VND383.703 trillion ($16.85 billion) in 2021, 5.2 percent higher than the set target. According to the HCMC Statistics Office, the increase in the city’s budget revenue mainly came from the real estate, banking and securities industries. The government’s policy of …

HCMC earned VND383.703 trillion ($16.85 billion) in state budget this year, 5.2 percent higher than target and 3 percent higher than last year. According to the Statistics Office of HCMC, the increase in the city’s budget revenue mainly comes from the real estate, banking, and securities businesses. The government’s policy …

Residents of the same living quarters or members of work groups with Covid-19 cases are not necessarily treated as their close contacts, the Health Ministry says. It said in a document issued Thursday that people living in the same house, moving in the same vehicles or in the same group …

People in the same living quarters or work groups with Covid-19 cases are not necessarily treated as their close contacts, according to a document issued Thursday by the Health Ministry. People living in the same house, moving on the same vehicles or in the same group at workplaces, trips or …

India’s tiger conservation body said 126 of the endangered big cats died in 2021, the highest toll since it began compiling data a decade ago. The most recent death was recorded on Wednesday in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). The previous …