DEVELOPERS CALL FOR MORE PRACTICAL SUPPORT POLICIES
Real estate developers are advising the government to detail supportive measures for the sector after Directive No.11/CT-TTg dated March 4 on urgent objectives and solutions for assisting businesses facing difficulties and assurance of social welfare amid the COVID-19 pandemic was issued.
VIET NAM TO GO INTO 15-DAY NATIONWIDE SOCIAL DISTANCING TO CURB COVID-19
Viet Nam will begin nationwide social distancing within 15 days, starting 00:00 on April 1, with the principle of every household, village, commune, district and province going into self-isolation, according to the latest directive signed by PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
ALL PASSENGER FLIGHTS TO VN BANNED FROM 1-15 APRIL
Domestic flights will also be severely reduced with only two flights a day to connect the capital city of Hà Nội and the southern economic hub of HCM City, as well as only one flight per day from Hà Nội and HCM City to the central city of Đà Nẵng.
VIETNAM IMPOSES NATIONWIDE DISTANCING: NO PUBLIC GATHERING OF MORE THAN TWO
Vietnam government has ordered a strict social distancing measure starting Wednesday, in which people are restricted from leaving their homes and public gatherings of more than two persons are not allowed.
VIETNAM TO DECLARE COVID-19 A NATIONAL EPIDEMIC
The Prime Minister has agreed a Health Ministry proposal on declaring the Covid-19 outbreak 'a national epidemic', asking people nationwide to stay home, heavily restricting their outside movements.
HANOI, HCMC DENY ENTRY TO OVER-NINE-SEATER VEHICLES
According to an urgent dispatch sent by the Ministry of Transport to the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam, the Vietnam Railway Authority and local Transport Departments, routes to or from Hanoi and HCMC with a distance of under 100 kilometers can be used for up to two trips per day. Other routes can only be used to make one trip per day.
PM URGES PEOPLE TO WORK AT HOME AS CORONAVIRUS CASES SURGE
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on the public to stay at home and work online to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, given several hot spots in Hanoi and HCMC where more than a dozen of infection cases have been confirmed.
LIST OF SERVICES ALLOWED TO OPEN AMID OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Ha Noi municipal authorities have issued a list of essential services allowed to open as part of the city's efforts to contain spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
