Saturday, May 15, 2021, 07:27 GMT+7
People carry lychees on motorbikes in Luc Ngan District, Bac Giang Province, Vietnam. Photo: Nam Tran / Tuoi Tre
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Society The Ministry of Health announced 20 local coronavirus infections on Friday morning, taking the national tally to 3,836 patients, including 807 domestic cases recorded since April 27. All people who arrived in Hanoi from Da Nang between May 1 and Friday this week are subject to COVID-19 testing and self-isolation at home for 21 days from the date of leaving the central city, the Hanoi Department of Health announced on Friday. The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has requested authorities of Vietnamese cities and provinces to deport foreigners working without work permits or failing to comply with the law on immigration, transit and residence of foreigners in the country.
Patchy solutions won t prevent flooding in HCM City Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
10/05/2021 06:01 GMT+7
Old floodplains in HCM City still have not been cleared, while new flood sites continue to appear.
Hundreds of thousands of people driving home after work oftenhave to struggle with floods after spells of heavy rainfall.
On sunny days, the trip takes only 10 minutes, but when the road is flooded, it can take several hours to go home. People have to wade in water, moving inch by inch. Houses are inundated for several days after every high tide or heavy rain.
Thursday, May 06, 2021, 09:30 GMT+7
Workers walk inside the B1 basement of the Ba Son station under the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre
The B1 basement of the Ba Son metro station belonging to the first metro line project, Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, in Ho Chi Minh City has been completed 31 days ahead of schedule, according to the municipal Management Authority for Urban Railways.
Construction of the basement was initially planned for completion in June this year.
This is one of the two floors of the Ba Son station, which is built underground at a depth of about 20 meters, covering an area of 240 meters long and 34.5 meters wide.
Floor B1 of Ba Son underground station of Metro Line 1 completed 18:26 | 06/05/2021
Floor B1 of Ba Son Station of Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) has basically been completed 31 days earlier than planned.
According to the Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR), floor B1 of Ba Son Station of Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) has been basically completed. This construction was completed 31 days earlier than scheduled on May 30, 2021.
This testifies great efforts by the MAUR and the contractor Shimizu-Maeda during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ba Son Station, together with the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House and Ben Thanh Station, are the three underground stations of Metro Line 1.
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 6 Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
06/05/2021 14:16 GMT+7
COVID-19: 60 cases documented on May 6
Vietnam recorded 60 cases of COVID-19 during the 12 hours to 6pm May 6, including 56 locally-infected cases and four imported, according to the Health Ministry.
Among the 56 local cases, 16 were at the second facility of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, 12 in the northern province of Bac Ninh, 11 in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, four in Hanoi, 3 in the central city of Da Nang.
The national tally has reached 3,090, with 1,690 local cases. In the latest wave of outbreaks from April 27, 120 cases have been detected.