VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 Hospital is set to officially resume its normal operation on September 28 after being previously designated to only treat COVID-19 patients.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on September 24 held a ceremony to receive medical supplies and equipment worth US$352,000 donated by the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam) and its member firms to support hospitals in the city in the COVID-19 fight.

The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City has approved the largest-ever relief package worth over VND7.3 trillion (US$321.3 million) to support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Two Vietnamese cities, Hai Phong in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the south, have been named among 10 Asian cities that will be most exposed to coastal flooding through to the year 2070, CNBC has revealed.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has allotted 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to local hospitals to inoculate women over-13 weeks pregnant after the Ministry of Health (MoH) granted permission to vaccinate this group against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded a total of 11,692 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours across 34 provinces and cities, whilst also discharging more than 11,000 patients from medical facilities, the Health Ministry reported on September 21.

Officials from the Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs on September 20 visited and offered congratulations to representatives of the Cao Dai Temple (Tay Ninh Holy See) in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of the religion’s biggest festival - “Hoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung”.

HCM City has piloted re-opening tourism by organising tours to local historical sites with participants being people working on the frontline of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.

VOV.VN - A number of cities and localities nationwide, including Ha Long, Vinh Phuc, and Ho Chi Minh City have begun reopening tourism services in an effort to welcome the return of domestic tourists in the aftermath of the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Over 7.3 million underprivileged people in Ho Chi Minh City, regardless of their residence, will receive VND1 million each as part of the city’s third aid package to be implemented to support needy people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.