The HCM City Department of Health has asked the city government to create a payment scale for fees for COVID-19 treatment at private facilities.

HCM City will gradually reopen economic activities in areas with less risk of COVID-19 infection after September 30.

HCM City Chairman Phan Van Mai said the city will issue a support policy for children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19.

Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Nguyen Hoai Nam said the city needs 6,031,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from September 20 to October 31.

HCM City is struggling providing COVID-19 tests to local shippers as the number of shippers registered with the city’s Department of Industry and Trade has soared over the last few days.

HCM City’s Department of Health has proposed giving the COVID-19 ‘green card’ to people who have received at least one dose of vaccine.

A total of 10,040 fresh COVID-19 cases, and 233 deaths regarding the coronavirus were confirmed on September 19 by the Ministry of Health.

Many firms are worried about labour shortages after resuming operations after the social distancing period.

Ho Chi Minh City’s master plan aims for the southern metropolis to develop into the country’s largest economic hub for tourism, industrial services, and high-tech agriculture by 2040, with a particular focus on climate change adaptation.

The HCM City administration has mandated that construction works in low-risk COVID-19 infection areas could resume after September 30 if they meet safety requirements.

HCM City’s master plan calls for the city to be developed into the nation’s largest economic hub for tourism, industrial services and high-tech agriculture by 2040, with a focus on climate change adaptation.

Two siblings from District 10 in HCM City lost their parents who died from COVID-19, and three days later, their paternal grandfather passed away after contracting COVID-19.

Grassroots officials in HCM City are scrambling to update to identify and list people requiring relief from the COVID-19 pandemic under a proposed VND10,000 billion (US$435 million) support package.

A 110-year-old woman has been discharged from a COVID-19 hospital in Ho Chi Minh City after making a full recovery from the virus.

HCM City authorities are planning to grant green cards associated with personal QR Codes in certain districts; amend regulations on goods delivery and receipt; and allow more business fields to operate, commencing from September 16.

According to the HCM City Center for Disease Control (HCDC), the city achieved the goal of administering the first doses of Covid-19 vaccine to people aged 18 years and older by September 15.

The demand for assistance from people who have recovered from Covid-19 patients and finished their quarantine time has increased in HCM City.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have devised plans aimed at bringing all State employees back to work in their workplace from January 15, 2022.

HCM City will loosen restrictions on activities and services from September 16, according to an urgent dispatch issued on September 15.

HCM City has sent an urgent request to the Ministry of Planning and Investment for a VND17.2trn (USD753m) state fund allocation during the 2021-2025 period to complete three key projects in the city.