Day: April 11, 2022

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Da Nang serves nearly 78,000 visitors during Hung Kings commemoration holiday

The central coastal city of Da Nang welcomed almost 78,000 visitors during the holiday from April 9 to 11 for the commemoration of the Hung Kings, the legendary founder of Vietnam.

According to the municipal Department of Tourism, the room occupancy rate of local 4-5 star hotels was about 50-60 percent during the period. Meanwhile, tourists flocked to popular destinations such as Sun World Ba Na Hills, Mikazuki entertainment site, and Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) landscape.

On the occasion, the city organised a series of enticing events, including the launch of the tourism promotion programme Enjoy Danang, which is participated by more than 200 firms and offers various preferential products and services.

Da Nang organised the first boat trip to Ly Son island in neighbouring Quang Ngai province on April 9 carrying nearly 400 guests. It also applied free entrance fees for visitors to Ngu Hanh Son, Danang Museum, Fine Arts Museum, and Cham Sculpture Museum.

Cultural and art events, including the electronic music programme “DaNang – The City of Future”, also took place along the banks of the Han river.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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President commends brave men for saving lives

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 11 praised a firefighter in the southern province of Dong Nai and a resident in the northern province of Nam Dinh for saving many people in the past two days.

The brave men are Lieutenant Thai Ngo Hieu from the Dong Nai’s fire prevention and rescue police division, and Nguyen Duc Chinh, who resides in Nam Dinh’s Hai Hau district.

President Phuc said he was moved by Hieu’s bravery and effort to save four young men aged 19-23, who faced a risk of drowning while bathing in the sea in the Mekong Delta province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau’s Long Dien district on April 10.

The President also lauded Chinh for his quick and brave act of jumping from Thinh Long bridge at a height of about 30m into Ninh Co river to save a female 8th grader who was struggling in the fast-flowing water on April 9.

Stressing that their actions were brave, noble, and admirable, the President said examples of self-sacrificing people in the community need to be promptly spread so that more people can have more faith in the good things in life.

He requested awards be presented to the men to encourage more good acts to take place.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Traffic accidents claim 37 lives during three-day holiday

A total of 37 people were killed and 52 others were injured in 81 traffic accidents nationwide during the Hung Kings Commemoration Day holiday, which started on April 9.

According to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, police handled 15,951 traffic violations, with total fines of more than 17.18 billion VND (about 751,465 USD). As many as 2,033 vehicles were seized and 1,236 drivers had their licences revoked.

Of the total, as many as 230 road traffic violations were handled by the department’s police force, with total fines of more than 889 million VND. Nine vehicles were seized and 90 drivers had their licences withdrawn.

Meanwhile, waterway traffic police dealt with 159 violating cases, with fines worth 281.2 million VND imposed.

Notably, a severe motorbike accident was reported Cam Lam district in the cental province of Khanh Hoa on April 10, leaving three people dead.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Vietnam logs 23,184 new COVID-19 cases on April 11

An additional 23,184 COVID-19 infections, including three imported cases, were reported in Vietnam on April 11, the Ministry of Health announced.

The new infections brought the country’s total caseload to 10,250,160 since the pandemic broke out, ranking 12 out of 227 countries and territories in the world.

The capital city of Hanoi continued to log the highest number of infections on April 11, with 2,011 cases.

It was followed by central Nghe An and northern Yen Bai provinces, with 1,470 and 1,271 infections, respectively.

The same day, 22,400 patients were declared to recover from the disease, raising the total number of recoveries to 8,554,923.

Meanwhile, 17 fatalities were reported on April 11, lifting the country’s death toll to 42,830.

As of April 11, more than 208.56 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Vietnam.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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WHO praises Cambodia’s COVID-19 vaccination programme

Cambodia’s successful vaccine rollout has saved lives, stabilised the health system, and contributed to the nation’s economic recovery, World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said on April 10.

“Cambodia has achieved the impressively high COVID-19 vaccination coverage of the primary doses at the very early stage,” she wrote on social media. “The successful vaccine rollout helped save many lives, protect health and contribute to economic recovery.”

Li also urged people to receive their booster dose if it is their turn.

According to the Cambodian Ministry of Health, the Southeast Asian country has so far administered one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 14.84 million people, or 92.8 percent of its 16 million population. A total of 14.09 million, or 88 percent, have been fully vaccinated with two required shots. Some 8 million, or 50 percent, have taken a third dose, and 1.21 million, or 7.5 percent, have got a fourth dose.

Cambodia has fully resumed its socio-economic activities and reopened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers without quarantine since November last year.

Source: Vietnam News Agency