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Society

-- The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has recently approved a plan in which dining services are allowed to open until 10:00 pm every day from now to November 30.

-- COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau will be allowed to stay home for treatment from November 25 while the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on Wednesday also permitted asymptomatic patients to stay home for quarantine and treatment.

-- According to Dr. Ho Viet Thang, head of the COVID-19 treatment center of Hung Vuong Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, up to 90 percent of pregnant women hospitalized with severe symptoms had not been vaccinated against the respiratory disease.

Business

-- Industrial parks in the southern province of Dong Nai attracted 46 new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth US$358.85 million from the beginning of this year to November 11, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday.

-- Cotton Day Vietnam 2021, a forum on trends and solutions to help revive Vietnamese textile enterprises amid COVID-19, will be held online on December 1 by the Cotton Council International and the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Lifestyle

-- Thirty passengers including overseas Vietnamese and foreign tourists from Incheon, South Korea, on Wednesday arrived at Da Nang International Airport before heading for a resort in Quang Nam, marking the first tourist group to visit the central province after a two-year halt due to COVID-19.

-- International tourists wish to come to Da Nang must take organized tours as well as be fully vaccinated, have a negative real-time RT-PCR test within 72 hours before departure or a certificate of recovery from COVID-19, and have insurance that covers COVID-19 treatment with a minimum liability of US$50,000, according to a plan approved by local authorities on Wednesday.

World news

-- Germans and Austrians are rushing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as infections soar across Europe and governments impose restrictions on the unvaccinated, figures showed on Wednesday.

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