VOV.VN - Travel firms based in Ho Chi Minh City have officially resumed tourism services following the launch of two new green tours to Can Gio and Cu Chi districts after a long period of stagnation due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Industrial production firms in Ho Chi Minh City have not yet showed signals of recovery due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The country recorded an additional 4,363 COVID-19 infections across 42 localities nationwide, a drop of 1,022 from the previous day, the Ministry of Health said in its October 5 update.

VOV.VN - The ultraviolet (UV) index in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and other southern localities is at a 'very high' level today, according to reports by the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHF).

Residents in Ho Chi Minh City are advised to stay vigilant in pandemic prevention and control when enterprises and business and production facilities began resuming operations from October 1 after a long suspension due to COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Many traders based at Ben Thanh market, one of the biggest outlet centers in Ho Chi Minh City began to resume their operations on October 4 after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Prime Minister has approved an investment plan for the first phase of the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway project, which is expected to speed up travel between Dong Nai, Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Approximately 2,500 people have taken their motorbikes leaving Ho Chi Minh City and other coronavirus hotspots in southern Vietnam for their hometowns in the north after social distancing measures were eased.

Nearly 3 million labourers in Ho Chi Minh City will benefit from the unemployment insurance fund with total allowances of about VND6 trillion (US$263.92 million), according to Phan Van Men, Director of the city Social Insurance agency.

Ho Chi Minh City has allowed buses, taxis, passenger cars and tech-based vehicles with fewer than nine seats each to resume their operations from October 5.