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Saturday, May 15, 2021, 10:33 GMT+7
A medical worker measures body temperature of passengers on a bus from Ca Mau Province to Ho Chi Minh City, May 15, 2021. Photo: Tu Trung / Tuoi Tre
Twelve checkpoints at Ho Chi Minh City’s gateways have been put into operation from 0:00 Saturday to medically inspect vehicles.
Each of these checkpoints has mobile police officers, traffic inspectors, and health workers on duty around the clock.
They join hands to carry out body temperature measurement for people entering the city and collect medical declarations from them.
The medical inspection will be implemented on a random basis during the rush hours and on all vehicles entering the city during other hours, according to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Binh, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City road and railway traffic police division.
Monday, May 10, 2021, 16:26 GMT+7
Workers are seen handling two metro trains from the Kaisa ship at Khanh Hoi Port in Ho Chi Minh City on May 10, 2021. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre
The second and third trains of Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No. 1 have reached a seaport in the southern metropolis after a nine-day journey.
The trains were transported by the Kaisa cargo vessel, which docked at Khanh Hoi Port in District 4 at around 6:00 am on Monday.
The ship began its voyage at the Port of Kasado in Japan on May 1.
After being unloaded from the ship, the second and third trains will be transported by road from the port to the Long Binh depot of the metro line in Thu Duc City on May 11 and 13, respectively.