Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City will continue social distancing meansures until end of September

Ho Chi Minh City is speeding up its vaccination campaign to ensure that all people aged 18 and over receive at least the first Covid-19 vaccine dose. - Vietnam News/ANN

HO CHI MINH CITY, Sept 16 (Vietnam News): Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City will continue imposing social distancing until the end of September, but ease the lockdown in some districts where the situation is stable.

At a press conference in the city, vice-chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Le Hoa Binh said the city's plan on measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 pandemic in the city from Sept 16 to Sept 30, 2021, was to continue to apply social distancing and other tough pandemic prevention measures throughout the city in the spirit of Directive No. 16 of the Prime Minister.