VOV.VN - After applying social distancing measures in Hanoi as part of the fight against COVID-19, many places in the capital are left virtually deserted, while several streets and markets remain crowded.

VOV.VN - People living in Hanoi flocked to supermarket chains across the capital to purchase essential goods on July 23 evening amid rumours the municipal administration would impose a social distancing order to combat COVID-19 the following day.

VOV.VN - Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, will begin social distancing measures over 15 days, starting at 06.00am on July 24, in an attempt to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - Based in Hanoi capital’s crowded Old Quarter, Dong Xuan market, the largest wholesale market in northern Vietnam, has fallen quiet over recent days after more than 2,000 non-essential business outlets were forced to shut down amid the capital’s ongoing COVID-19 fight.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) plans to rearrange the securities trading market in a newly-promulgated Circular as a move towards the merging of the two national stock exchanges into one named the Vietnam Stock Exchange (VNX).

There will be only two round trip passenger flights daily between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the nation’s largest pandemic hotspot, starting 0:00 on July 22.

Enterprises in Hanoi have been receiving support to overcome difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hanoi is working to ready 5,000 hospital beds for COVID-19 patients as the pandemic is developing complicatedly and unpredictably in the city.

VOV.VN - Long queues of traffic lasting for several hours formed at gateways to Hanoi due to the administration of the capital tightening pandemic control measures as part of efforts to deal with the growing number of local infections

VOV.VN - A huge number of people in Hanoi have been heading to local wet markets, in contrast to quiet scenes found in supermarkets in the capital, on July 19 - the first day when tighter prevention measures against COVID-19 are in effect.