VOV.VN - As many as 1.7 million students in Ho Chi Minh City came back to school on March 1 following an extended one-month break caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - Teachers, parents, and school staff in Hanoi have spent the entire weekend cleaning classrooms and preparing schools ahead of the return of students on March 2 following a 14-day period without any fresh novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the capital.

Many factory workers are ready to return to work after the long Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Over 6,400 firms in Ho Chi Minh City resumed their operations in 11 months of this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, up more than 21% year-on-year.

More than 6,000 enterprises in HCM City have resumed operations following the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic and more than 30,000 new ones with capital of VND696 trillion have been set up this year, the city chairman has said.