This is an essential measure to prevent and control the complicated COVID-19 pandemic.
The above provinces and cities include Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen, Dak Lak, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam, Da Nang, Thua Thien – Hue, Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa and Ha Nam.
However, buses carrying experts, officers, employees of agencies, export processing and industrial zones are still allowed to operate.
Transport will be allowed to reopen if the capital city goes through 14 consecutive days without any new infections within the community or until further notice.
Hanoi authorities have also decided to suspend outdoor sport activities and physical exercise from 6pm on July 8 until new notice.
* Vietnam recorded 355 new COVID-19 cases over the past six hours to 12pm today, including 347 detected in quarantine facilities or sealed-off areas. Among the new cases, 200 were found in Ho Chi Minh City.
* According to the Sub-committee for Treatment under the National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, three more COVID-19 patients have died. They were all elderly people suffering from underlying health conditions.
* The Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has said that its fleet of SE3 and SE4 trains departing from Hanoi and Saigon stations on July 8 and from July 10-23 will be abandoned due to the social distancing order under the Prime Minister’ Directive No.16 in Ho Chi Minh City.
* Beesco Vina Limited Company in the Chon Thanh 2 Industrial Park has been asked to suspend its operation for at least one day after a new COVID-19 case was detected.
