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18/07/2021 07:02 GMT+7
HCM City tightens management in quarantine areas to limit cross-infection of COVID-19
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam requested Ho Chi Minh City continue to tighten management to prevent cross-infection of COVID-19 in quarantine and sealed-off areas at an online briefing of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 17.
Dam, who is also head of the committee, urged the city to strengthen transport of newly-infectious cases to treatment facilities, especially those with worsening symptoms.
HCM City needs to ensure the supply of essential goods and food to stabilise people s lives and encourage people to share the immediate difficulties to strictly comply with social distancing regulations, he added
Sunday, July 18, 2021, 08:54 GMT+7
A cargo train derails in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, July 17, 2021. Photo: Quoc Nam / Tuoi Tre
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Politics The first session of Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly is scheduled to take place from July 20 to 31, which is five days shorter than the original schedule, the NA’s Party delegation and government’s Party Civil Affairs Committee agreed during a meeting in Hanoi on Saturday.
COVID-19 Updates The Ministry of Health documented 2,454 local COVID-19 infections, including 1,756 cases in Ho Chi Minh City, on Sunday morning, raising the national tally to 51,002, with 10,312 recoveries and 225 deaths.
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Hanoi (VNA) - With the development of technology and
Internet connectivity, remote work has become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employees can work anywhere, at any time instead of being at the office for eight hours.
Hoang Nam Tien, Chairman of the FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company, said that businesses have got used to working from home over the past year. Currently, thousands of the company’s employees are
teleworking or work from home.
Remote work will be common even after the pandemic. This is an inevitable trend, he said. Therefore, businesses should make preparations for necessary things right now.
At the
Hanoi (VNA) – An international workshop
on July 14 discussed the future of work in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
and the
Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), highlighting the need to develop
the core skills for the
The event, held both in person and via
videoconference, was an activity to continue efforts by the Vietnamese
Government, ASEAN, and the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to realise
senior leaders’ commitments to developing human resources in the changing world
of work and the digital era. It took place also in response to the World Youth
Skills Day (July 15).
Participants, including representatives from the