Covid-19-Pandemic

Cu Chi District and downtown District 1 are the first localities in Vietnam to immunize those under 18 against Covid-19.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the upcoming EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) would lay the foundation for Vietnam to continue attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) from Europe.

The inflationary pressure, however, is huge for 2022 amid the deepening energy crisis and the hoarding of strategic goods by some countries.

Vietnam's resumption of international flights must also be rolled out in line with the pandemic’s developments.

Retailers in Hanoi are requested to draft backup plans for each pandemic scenario to ensure sufficient provision of basic necessities for the locals under any circumstances.

Gym owners and instructors will have to set up a pandemic prevention and control plan and ensure disinfectant solutions.

Hanoi’s deputies to the National Assembly have called for a national vaccination strategy in 2022, with a focus on vaccine administration to children.

The Government has set up taskforces specialized in addressing concerns of businesses that have been severely affected by the pandemic.

Hanoi is expected to continue supervising people returning from very high-risk and high-risk areas.

Localities with high vaccination coverage in workers are no longer required to adopt the 3-on-site principle, said Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh.