HCM City now becomes COVID safe zone Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, has lowered its COVID-19 alert level to green – the lowest in the four alert level system adopted by the Ministry of Health. According to a decision, signed on January 8 by Duong Anh Duc, vice chairman of the municipal administration, 18 local districts have now turned green on the municipal COVID-19 map, while District 1, 10 and Binh Thanh and Thu Duc city remain in Level 2. Currently the city has recorded no more than 500 infections daily compared to 14,000 – 15,000 cases during the height of the outbreak in August – September 2021. The daily number of deaths has also dropped significantly from more than 300 in August 2021 to approximately 20 at present. Vietnam sees decline in number of guest workers The number of Vietnamese people going to work abroad decreased over the last two years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. Between 2016 and 2019, an average of over 100,000 Vietnamese went to work overseas each year. Due to the… Read full this story
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