Quang Ninh responds to the national requiem held for victims of COVID-19

Tribute ceremonies were held on Friday evening in Hà Nội and HCM City to commemorate 23,000 people and frontline workers who died due to COVID-19.

The events took place at the Independence Palace in HCM City and Thống Nhất Park in Hà Nội, gathering about 1,000 and 300 participants respectively.

In Quang Ninh, the Provincial Party Committee requested all levels of Party committees, local authorities, the provincial Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations to organize practical and appropriate memorial activities in each locality.

The provincial People's Committee also directed relevant agencies to put off entertainment activities during the national commemoration. Quang Ninh television channels were asked to prioritize airing the event.

Therefore, various entertainment zones and restaurants decided to close in this evening. Many households gathered to see the program on the television with reverence and dignity. The websites of many newspapers changed from color to black and white on Friday in honor of the country’s COVID-19 victims.

The commemoration aims to share the pain and loss suffered by families who have lost their loved ones to the pandemic.

This is also an opportunity to promote the tradition of great solidarity and the will of the nation to overcome difficulties, adapt safely and flexibly to and effectively control the  Covid-19 pandemic, and restore production and business and socio-economic development.

To date, Vietnam has documented 23,476 coronavirus-related fatalities nationwide, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Southeast Asian country has logged 1,065,469 infections and 881,593 recoveries since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit it early last year.

A total of 1,060,394 local infections have been recorded in all 63 provinces and cities since the fourth and worst-ever outbreak flared up on April 27.

Health workers have administered above 103.5 million vaccine doses since vaccination was rolled out nationwide on March 8.

More than 37.8 million people have been fully vaccinated.