COVID-19 UPDATE BY LOCALITIES AS OF MARCH 30
As of Monday afternoon, as many as 25 provinces and localities have reported COVID-19 infection cases, in which Ha Noi tops the list with 73 patients.
INT'L ARRIVALS PLUNGE OVER 18% IN Q1
Viet Nam received over 3.68 million foreign arrivals in the first three months of 2020, representing a year-on-year decrease of 18.1%, the National Administration of Tourism reported.
HANOI MULLS CLOSING ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES IN COVID-19 FIGHT
"Hanoi requests that the prime minister lets some administrative entities in both Hanoi and other localities be off work," Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung said in an online meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in the country on Sunday.
DOMESTIC AIRLINES REDUCE FLIGHT FREQUENCY TO FIGHT COVID-19
The Ministry of Transport green-lit the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam’s proposal to limit domestic flights from Hà Nội and HCM City to other cities and provinces to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
HCM CITY APPROVES $116M PACKAGE TO HELP WORKERS AFFECTED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The People’s Council of HCM City has approved a financial support package worth VNĐ2.75 trillion (US$116.55 million) to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 and to support employees affected by the pandemic.
PREPARE FOR LOCKDOWNS, HANOI, HCMC TOLD
Saying that Vietnam has entered the Covid-19 pandemic's peak period, Phuc asked the five city administrations to intensify their focus, speed up, and "take advantage of each hour and minute to carry out defined measures."
PM ISSUES DIRECTIVE ON COVID-19 PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a Directive rolling out measures to strengthen the COVID-19 prevention and control amid rapid increase of new infection cases over the past three weeks.
GOV’T CHIEF AGREES TO HALT INCOMING FLIGHTS AMID RISING COVID-19 INFECTIONS
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed with a proposal to halt incoming passenger flights to Viet Nam and reduce as many as possible flights from Ha Noi and and Ho Chi Minh City to other localities and vice versa in the next two weeks.
