In a document, the leader ordered them to ensure traffic safety and seriously implement provisions on the fight and control of the pandemic for students taking the two-day 2020 high school graduation exams, which started on August 9.

Authorities must prepare suitable transport plans to ensure the need for travel as well as for pandemic prevention in the coming National Day.

The PM said authorities must prepare suitable transport plans to ensure the need for travel as well as for pandemic prevention in the coming National Day (September 2) and the start of the new school year which will come only days after that.

Transport service providers must absolutely abide by legal provisions on this work, he said, adding localities must deal with problems on key roads prone to accidents in the days to come.

Besides, local authorities need to intensify the communications work on traffic safety and pandemic fight to help improve the people’s awareness on this matter, PM Phuc said.

Covid-19 figures in Vietnam on August 9 morning

Covid-19 figures in Vietnam on August 9 morning.

1,700 tourists to be evacuated from Covid-19 epicenter Da Nang

Da Nang authorities are seeking permission for special flights to evacuate nearly 1,700 tourists stranded due to Covid-19 outbreaks from the city.

Vietnam to use TB test for Covid-19

The Ministry of Health has approved the use of GeneXpert, a tuberculosis test, for Covid-19 screening.

Covid-19 contact tracing app Bluezone hits 10 million users

As many as 10 million people out of Vietnam’s 76.8 million smartphone users have downloaded a domestically developed contact-tracing mobile app to identify and alert people who have interacted with Covid-19 patients, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

Five new Covid-19 cases reported on Saturday morning, three connected to Da Nang

Five new Covid-19 cases reported on Saturday morning, three connected to Da Nang. 

Source: NDO/VNA