VOV.VN - A total of 95% of businesses based in industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs) in Ho Chi Minh City have resumed production, according to the southern city’s Department of Industry and Trade.

“Vietnam – Khat vong binh yen” (Vietnam – Desire for peace) programme was held on October 31 night to honour the contributions and sacrifice by collectives, individuals, especially those working on the frontline such as medical workers and Trade Union officials, in the country’s COVID-19 fight.

A TV series featuring doctors and frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19 will air in February. The 15-episode show, Shipper - Ban Menh Thien Than (Shippers), highlights the stories, challenges and sacrifices that doctors, nurses and health workers have faced during the pandemic.

VOV.VN - The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the fourth wave of the outbreak, as led to 1.3 million workers departing urban areas and moving to rural areas, from major economic hubs to provinces, in which over 600,000 migrant workers have returned home from various southern provinces.

VOV.VN - A number of female healthcare workers are unable to forget some of the sensational stories from their time volunteering in the battle against COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City, the epicentre of the nation’s recent pandemic outbreak.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said the city plans to build one million units of affordable housing for low-income workers.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 18 had a meeting, both in-person and online forms, with outstanding medical workers who have been on the frontline of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medical workers from the Cho Ray and Thong Nhat hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have left for Ca Mau and Ninh Thuan provinces to help with the COVID-19 fight there.

VOV.VN - The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) in Vietnam, in collaboration with the Vietnam Red Cross Society and Hope Foundation, on October 13 presented 1,000 gifts worth over VND1 billion to six hospitals in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the city's Committee for Religious Affairs on October 13 honoured 82 religious volunteers who have worded side by side with medical workers at local COVID-19 treatment hospitals.