Friday, April 16, 2021, 15:32 GMT+7
Commuters slog through a traffic jam on Cong Hoa Street in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, April 15, 2021. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre
Traffic in Ho Chi Minh City was heavily congested on Thursday evening after a downpour hit it during the peak hour.
As witnessed by correspondents of
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper at around 6:15 pm, a huge volume of traffic was clogged along the section from Nguyen Van Troi Strreet to Cong Ly Bridge in Phu Nhuan District.
Gridlock was also seen on the route from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to the Hoang Van Thu – Cong Hoa Junction in Tan Binh District, with the queue of delayed traffic to stretch as far as one kilometer.
Thursday, 18:41, 15/04/2021
VOV.VN - Twenty-one people, including an Indian citizen, have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus after entering Vietnam, the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced in its 18.00hrs update on April 15.
The Indian expert, 38, boarded EK392 flight from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Vietnam’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on April 13, and was quarantined upon his arrival.
He tested positive the following day and was transferred to HCM City-based Cu Chi field hospital for medical surveillance and treatment.
Eighteen other patients are Vietnamese citizens who returned from the Philippines, Japan, the UAE, Qatar, Thailand, Japan and Angola from late March to April 14.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 12:50 GMT+7
The Ministry of Health reported two new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday morning, both of whom are imported cases, which makes Wednesday so far the 40th day without any new local transmission detected in Vietnam.
The two new cases, dubbed patients No. 2,706 and 2,707, had been quarantined right after their arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.
Patient 2,706, aged 37, from District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, reached Tan Son Nhat on April 3 after a flight from Qatar.
The patient tested positive for COVID-19 while in quarantine and was transferred to the Cu Chi Makeshift Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for treatment.