Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, said that HCMC’s new normal - that means city dwellers are living with Covid-19, even with the new strain Omicron. Therefore, city leaders are required to have a new mindset.
At the press conference, Deputy Director of the Department of Health in Ho Chi Minh City Dr. Nguyen Huu Hung said that some localities have seen the rise of Covid-19 cases; therefore, the city had planned to expand the isolation centers in districts for preparation of all situations.
Ho Chi Minh City is currently making immense efforts to revive manufacturing units once again, as the pandemic conditions begin to ease and life is returning back to a new normal.
The Management Board of Saigon High-Tech Park (SHTP), the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City, the Hi-tech Enterprise Association, and FPT Software yesterday jointly organized a virtual seminar "Safe adaptation and effective solutions in the new normal."
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that it is developing a Covid-19 vaccination plan for 12-17-year-olds in the city to submit to the municipal People's Committee for approval.
A research team from the University of Economics and Law under the National University of Ho Chi Minh City, on September 6, announced the result on the topic "Creating the driving force for economic recovery in HCMC in the fourth wave of Covid-19". The research team has put forward assessments and solutions related to policies for the economic recovery of HCMC after the end of social distancing. Assoc. Prof-Dr. Hoang Cong Gia Khanh, Dean of University of Economics and Law, who chaired the research team, shared with Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper about the result of this research.
