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HCM City has planned to start building the city’s first bus rapid transit route with a total investment of VND3.3 trillion (USD143.47 million) early next year.

For some, it has led some to postponing childbearing. For others, disruptions in health care have led to unintended pregnancies.

The US Embassy in Hanoi has presented a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine and mobile lab equipment to the Military Medical Department of the Ministry of National Defense in Vietnam.

An additional 355 local Covid-19 infections were detected from 6 am to 12:30 pm on Thursday with HCM City still the largest pandemic hotspot.

HCM City authorities have proposed to further limit transportation including suspending motorbike taxi services as well as trains and flights to and from HCM City.

The Ministry of Transport has approved the temporary suspension of flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc island city in Kien Giang province.

A poor family in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is in desperate need of financial support as the wife is suffering from Lupus but poverty has prevented her from going to hospital for treatment.

Vietnam recorded 314 new locally-infected Covid-19 cases as of 6 am on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health.

HCM City will use 1,281 resettlement apartments as quarantine facilities for Covid-19 prevention amid the city’s ongoing pandemic outbreak.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on July 7 signed a credit deal – worth total of 4 trillion VND (173.7 million USD) – with three commercial banks, which are expected to weather the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ho Chi Minh City has geared up plans to ensure that people’s life will not be affected once citywide social distancing is imposed, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong told a videoconference on July 7.

Around 30 tonnes of fish have been found dead on a section of Da River which runs through the northern province of Hoa Binh.

Vietnam recorded 1,007 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 23,071, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Supermarkets in HCM City and local authorities ensured that there would be enough food supplies and people do not have to stock up amid the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has issued Official Document 914 asking HCM City to apply stronger measures to curb the Covid-19 outbreak and urged residents to limit travel.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoIT) has said it is cooperating with the Ministry of Finance to consider the provision of tax incentives to encourage the development and use of electric vehicles in Vietnam.

A top gear motorbike tour from Hue to Hoi An and a private street food tour by motorbike with students in Ho Chi Minh City have been named among the world's 25 best travel experiences by Tripadvisor readers.

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday confirmed five more Covid-19-related fatalities, raising the country’s death toll to 102.

Vietnam reported 400 new locally-infected Covid-19 cases in 11 localities from 6 am to midday on Monday with HCM City still the hardest-hit locality.