VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 23
23/01/2021 10:35 GMT+7
Hanoi’s air quality continues worsening
Hanoi’s air pollution has continued worsening in many areas, posing health risks for local residents.
According to the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the air quality index at the city’s 34 air monitoring stations this morning, January 21 faced extremely severe pollution. Four stations located in Thanh Xuan District, Cau Giay District and Hoan Kiem District had the worst results.
The department’s Environmental Protection Board said that the content of high fine particulate matters of PM 2.5 and PM 10 increased by 1.3-2 times against the day before.
Weather conditions with the thick dense smog and high moisture is among the major causes of the serious pollution in the city, the board added.
Tightening COVID-19 prevention and control measures in Hanoi
On January 21, a meeting of municipal Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control took place in Hanoi to propose measures to tighten COVID-19 prevention and control.
The meeting of municipal Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control (Source: VNA)
At the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has required departments, agencies, mass organisations and people to continue seriously comply with the Prime Minister and municipal authorities’ instructions on strengthening COVID-19 prevention and control.
Mr. Dung particularly asked the public security force to closely monitor entries from abroad and punishing illegal immigrants and violators of pandemic prevention and control regulations, reported VNA.
Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung speaks at the seminar (Photo: Baoquocte)
Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung on January 15 highlighted the need to
enhance
COVID-19, especially as the
disease still threatens the lives of millions of people around the world.
Addressing a seminar
held jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French Embassy in Vietnam
to discuss measures to further promote international cooperation in responding to
health challenges, Dung said no country or territory can control the pandemic
on its own.
Along with domestic efforts to contain the spread of the disease, as a responsible
Friday, January 15, 2021 12:03
Vietnam’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1,536 after five imported cases were reported on January 15. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s COVID-19 tally
rose to 1,536 after five imported cases were reported on January 15, according
to the National Steering Committee for
COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The latest patients include
a 23-year-old Vietnamese woman returning from Canada and a 61-year-old US expert. Both were sent to quarantine right upon their arrival in HCM City
and are now being treated at