Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 22:54 GMT+7
A security guard has his nasal swab collected for COVID-19 tests in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: Thu Hien / Tuoi Tre
A COVID-19 patient in Ho Chi Minh City has been found carrying a coronavirus variant that is in circulation in northern Vietnam and taking a toll on India, where hundreds of thousands of cases have been announced daily over the past weeks.
Genome sequencing results showed that 35-year-old N.Q.N., who was confirmed by the Ministry of Health as a coronavirus case in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday, had been infected with the
Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 11:57 GMT+7
Authorities barricade Block A1 of Sunview Town Apartment Buildings in Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward, Thu Duc City, which is under Ho Chi Minh City, over a suspected coronavirus case, May 18, 2021. Photo: Nhat Thinh / Tuoi Tre
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have sealed off an apartment block as a resident had tested positive for the coronavirus once.
Officials started isolating Block A1 of Sunview Town Apartment Buildings in Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward, Thu Duc City, which is under Ho Chi Minh City, on Tuesday morning.
Sunview Town residents are now banned from leaving the buildings while those residing in Block A1 will be tested for COVID-19,
Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 14:44 GMT+7
A traffic police officer books a dilapidated motorbike in Ho Chi Minh City, March 16, 2021. Photo: Minh Hoa / Tuoi Tre
Traffic police in Ho Chi Minh City have continued the campaign to deal with dilapidated motorbikes that lack license plates, headlights, rear-view mirrors, and horns, as well as cases of driving under the influence (DUI).
The campaign to tackle old and unsafe motorbikes, which are responsible for a large portion of vehicle emissions in Vietnam’s big cities, was initiated on Monday in Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward in Thu Duc City.
Traffic police officers spent Tuesday handling motorbikes in bad conditions in Cho Lon, District 5.