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They were handed over by journalist Tran Hong at a ceremony held by the centre on August 24 on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19), National Day (September 2) and the general’s 111st birthday (August 25, 1911-2022). The photos feature the general’s activities from 1986 to 2013 which are associated with the daily life stories of the commander of the Vietnam People’s Army. They include the one in which the general stood next to the statue of President Ho Chi Minh; he returned to the command bunker of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 2004 and a photo of the general speaking at the Vietnam News Agency; Colonel Tran Hong was born in 1947 in the central province of Ha Tinh. He started working as a press photographer at the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper in 1973 until his retirement in 2010. During his carrier, Hong took thousands of pictures depicting unforgettable moments of soldiers on the frontlines and images of mothers who sacrificed

Recently, the number of Covid-19 cases in Ho Chi Minh City is on an increasing trend. In the past week, Ho Chi Minh City recorded an average of 144 new cases per day, 10 cases higher than last week’s average. Correspondingly, the number of new cases increased, the number of hospitalizations and the number of severe cases also tended to increase, with an average of 35 severe cases per day, compared with the average of 18 cases last week. There are currently 7 severe cases requiring invasive mechanical ventilation in hospitals. According to a report from the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, through a survey at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City in the last week of July, the number of Covid-19 cases in the area is on a slight increase. In which, the number of infections with variant BA.5 dominates with 80% of the total cases. Other variants such as BA.2, BA.4, BA.1 account for a small percentage. This result was performed on 30 inpatients and people who cam