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30,000 workers from virus-hit Bac Giang to return home The Saigon Times An industrial zone worker in Bac Giang Province gets a shot of a Covid-19 vaccine. Around 30,000 workers who are temporary residents in Bac Giang will return to their hometowns nationwide between June 12 and 15 – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Around 30,000 workers who are temporary residents of Bac Giang Province, which is the biggest Covid-19 hotspot in the latest coronavirus wave in Vietnam, will return to their hometowns nationwide between June 12 and 15. The returnees include workers who are pregnant or are raising children younger than six months of age; the elderly with underlying conditions; recovered Covid-19 patients; people who have had close contact with coronavirus cases, completed quarantine requirements, tested negative for the virus and are eligible for home quarantine, reported Tuoi Tre newspaper. Besides this, workers in lockdown areas who have undergone Covid-19 RT-PCR tests with … [Read more...] about 30,000 workers from virus-hit Bac Giang to return home

Resumption of passenger transport services linking Danang, Quang Nam under consideration The Saigon Times Passengers are seen at a local coach station. The transport authority of Danang recently received a proposal from its counterpart in the neighboring province of Quang Nam about the resumption of passenger transport services linking the two localities – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The transport authority of Danang recently received a proposal from its counterpart in the neighboring province of Quang Nam about the resumption of passenger transport services linking the two localities, said a local transport official at a Covid-19-related meeting on June 11. The proposal was put forward after Quang Nam went through 31 days without any fresh locally-infected cases and Danang also reported no new domestic infections for 25 days, reported VietnamPlus . Speaking at the meeting, a representative of the Danang Transport Department said that the department also wants to resume … [Read more...] about Resumption of passenger transport services linking Danang, Quang Nam under consideration

The Government has created conditions for localities and businesses to stimulate the import of Covid-19 vaccines, however, no proposals have been sent to the relevant agencies. Strict conditions have made it difficult for businesses to import vaccines despite the country is dealing with the fourth wave of the Covid-19 outbreak that has caused widespread community transmissions in many parts of Vietnam. A doctor conducts vaccination against Covid-19 at E Hospital in Hanoi. Photo: Cong Hung The Ministry of Health has recently listed 36 businesses qualified to import, transport, and preserve vaccines in Vietnam, however, there are no businesses have registered to take part in this challenging market. To gain green light from the Government and relevant agencies, the vaccine importers need to prove their capabilities in importing, preserving, transporting, and deploying vaccination, along with commitments to fairness, anti-fraud, -dumping and -price hike in … [Read more...] about Businesses face difficulties in vaccine imports

Recently, a surgeon team of the L2FH Rotation 3, including Doctor Nguyen Tien Duy from the Department of Anesthesiology, Central Military Hospital 108, used an anesthetic technique of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block to successfully conduct an acute appendicitis surgery on a peacekeeper. The 37-year-old Mongolian male patient, a UN peacekeeping mission staff member, was diagnosed to have acute appendicitis and quickly moved to the hospital’s operating room. As the patient’s heart is in the right chest, Vietnamese peacekeeper doctors of the hospital had to work hard before and during the operation. Thanks to their great professional expertise, the operation was a success and the patient was saved. The surgical team included Doctor Nguyen Thanh Nam, Doctor Nguyen Van Tu and Doctor Ngo Quoc Hoan while the anesthesia team consisted of Doctor Nguyen Tien Duy and Doctor Nguyen Manh Hung. The teams worked for over an hour to successfully complete the operation. At present, the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese “blue beret” soldiers save life of UN peacekeeper in South Sudan

At the talks, General Giang congratulated General Sergey Shoygu on Russia’s National Day (June 12) and extended his best wishes to all officers and the ranks in the Russian Armed Forces. Giang also thanked the Russian Defense Minister for sending a letter of congratulations to him over his promotion to defense minister and invited the Russian minister to visit Vietnam at an appropriate time this year. The Vietnamese Defense Minister affirmed that the phone talk will create a new impetus for the further development of bilateral defense cooperation, contributing to strengthening the long-standing traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia. He said that the Vietnamese Party, State, people and military always bear in mind the valuable support of the Russian armed forces and people to the Vietnamese people’s struggles for national independence in the past and current national construction and defense cause. For his part, General Sergei … [Read more...] about Vietnamese and Russian defense ministers hold talks