Monday, January 25, 2021, 08:56 GMT+7
Children hold their newly-received red envelopes Vietnam’s gifts of lucky money at a charity event jointly held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, and the Quang Ngai Province chapter of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Quang Ngai, January 24, 2021. Photo: Tran Mai / Tuoi Tre
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Society Vietnam has gone 54 days without a single community infection of COVID-19 as the country recorded no new cases on Sunday, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The tally stood at 1,548, with 1,411 recoveries and 35 deaths.
VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 8
08/01/2021 09:45 GMT+7
HCM City to spend US$2.3 million to repair HCM City-Trung Luong expressway.
HCM City will spend VNĐ55 billion (US$2.3 million) to maintain and repair the HCM City-Trung Lương expressway.
HCM City will spend an additional VNĐ55 billion (US$2.3 million) to repair and maintain the HCM City-Trung Lương expressway.
Nguyễn Văn Thành, head of the Department of Road Management No 4, said that recently the city had spent VNĐ22 billion to repair a section of the expressway.
In April, the department would spend more VNĐ55 billion to continue the work.
After more than 10 years of operation, the expressway has deteriorated because of severe cracks caused by container trucks.