Quang Ninh reopens some economic, sport, cultural activities
Some economic, sport, and cultural activities have been resumed in Mong Cai and Ha Long cities of northern Quang Ninh province after a long hiatus due to COVID-19.
A lorry departs the inland container depot in Mong Cai city of Quang Ninh province. (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) –Some economic, sport, and cultural activities have been resumed in Mong Caiand Ha Long cities of northern Quang Ninh province after a long hiatus due toCOVID-19.
Since 12:00pm on September 20,Mong Cai has reopened some services and activities, including Tra Co Beach;physical and sport activities and related services such as golf, tennis, football,gyms, fitness and yoga centres, swimming pools, billiards clubs; entertainmentand cultural places and services; beauty and spa services; internet and online gameservices; places of worship and religion; dine-in restaurants; streetrestaurants, coffee shops, sidewalk tea stalls; weddings; and political,cultural, and social activities and events.
Ha Long city has also permitted someactivities since the noon of September 19 such as public beaches, sportactivities and services, and activities celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festivalthat falls on September 21.
Local authorities also requestedserious implementation of anti-pandemic measures, including the 5K principle (khautrang - wearing facemasks, khu khuan - disinfection, khoang cach - keepingdistance, khong tu tap - no gathering, and khai bao y te - making healthdeclaration), in those activities.
By late September 19, Quang Ninh administered more than 1 million doses ofCOVID-19 vaccines to local residents, nearly 170,000 of whom received full twodoses. In particular, 90 percent of the eligible people aged 18 and over in HaLong has got inoculated.
The province has stayed free from COVID-19 community transmission since June 28.
Those who want to enter Quang Ninh have to show certificates of fullvaccination against COVID-19, as well as a negative RT-PCR test result for theSARS-CoV-2 virus.
Persons who have finishedquarantine in other localities still have to undergo compulsory health quarantinefor seven days at quarantine sites in Quang Ninh and an additional seven-dayhome quarantine, except for foreign specialists and workers who have been fullyvaccinated and finished their concentrated quarantine periods./.
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A lorry departs the inland container depot in Mong Cai city of Quang Ninh province. (Photo: VNA) 
