Update: July, 20/2021 - 09:13 |
A Vietnam Airlines airplane loads cargo into its hull. Photo vietnamplus.vn
HÀ NỘI The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to deny a request from Import-Export Pan Pacific Group (IPPG) for permission to establish a new air cargo carrier in Việt Nam.
“This action [to deny the request] is one measure to minimise the possible imbalance in the supply and demand, in the local market and the sustainable development of Vietnam s aviation industry, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” CAAV’s deputy director Đinh Việt Sơn said it documents submitted to the ministry.
HCM City (VNA) –
Ho Chi Minh City is piloting the
use of a mobile app developed by military-run telecom group
Viettel to
continuously monitor close contacts with
F1 cases, who
are under home quarantine.
Mobile app VHD (Vietnam Health Declaration) will help HCM
City, the country’s current largest COVID-19 hotspot, to keep track of the
self-quarantined, make sure they strictly observe rules set by the Ministry of
Health (MoH) and get updates about their health conditions.
The app has been used by the MoH to monitor how individuals
entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions observe quarantine rules on a trial
Flights to several southern loca
Flights to several southern localities to be suspended
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) recently sent a dispatch asking
domestic airlines to suspend flights to and from airports in several southern
cities and provinces that are under social distancing measures from July 19. Flights to several southern localities to be suspended. (Photo: VNA)
Specifically, all flights to and from Con Dao in Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Ca Mau, Rach
Gia in Kien Giang province will be halted from 0am on July 19.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will still run a daily flight linking
Phu Quoc and Hanoi and another on Can Tho-Hanoi route.
Testing for COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)
- Chairman of the Hanoi municipal
People s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh on July 18 ordered halting all non-essential
services amid the complicated developments of the
Accordingly, Hanoi
citizens are required to stay at home and only go out when necessary such as business
trip, food and medicine purchase, and other emergency cases like health
check-ups and treatment.
The municipal authorities
also asked residents not to gather more than five people outside the
workplaces, schools and hospitals, and fill in health declarations on the website www.tokhaiyte.vn or apps Ncovi and Bluezone.
Agencies,
businesses, including foreign-invested ones, were urged to actively outline
HCM City officials check gifts to the poor before delivery (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The
Vietnamese community abroad to join
hands with the city in controlling
In a letter sent to the community on July 18, Chairman of the committee
Phung Cong Dung expressed hope to receive ideas from
Vietnamese experts, intellectuals,
entrepreneurs and individuals abroad on how to stamp out the pandemic.
Along with experience in COVID-19 prevention and control in other countries, the city wishes to receive ideas on ways to improve the
pandemic control in quarantine facilities, the efficiency of testing
activities and the application of technologies in the field.