An incense offering ceremony was held at the Hung Kings Memorial Site in the National Historical and Cultural Park in HCMC’s District 9 on April 2 or the tenth day of the third lunar month to commemorate the national founders, Hung Kings.
The Mekong Delta has never experienced the difficulties like the current period with tens of thousands of hectares of damaged fruit gardens and downward export due to prolonged drought, saline intrusion and Covid-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Transport required the suspension operation of fixed intercity and local passenger transport routes, business and tour vehicles, taxi and buses in provinces and cities nationwide from April 1.
The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) yesterday formally announced its instruction on primary curriculum adjustment for the second semester of the academic year 2019-2020 due to the prolonged school break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade in coordination with functional agencies, production enterprises and businesses in the city has planned reserve and and supply of food, foodstuff and essential goods, during the COVID-19 pandemic after the Prime Minister ordered 15- day nationwide social distancing from April 1.
The Ministry of Transport requested the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to announce all the airlines about halting passengers transport to the country, starting from April 1 to the end of April 15.
The World Bank (WB) has revised down economic growth forecasts for the Philippines and Malaysia due to the adverse impacts of COVID-19 and strict community quarantine.
The administration of Phuket, an island province of Thailand, has banned people and vehicles from leaving and entering the popular tourist destination to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs has proposed the Government issue a VND20 trillion (US$843 million) bailout package to soften the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
