16:17 | 03/04/2020
Epidemiologists have warned that the country is at high risk of suffering from community infection from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after they were unable to trace the source of the outbreak at Bach Mai hospital, the country’s largest COVID-19 hotspot.
09:42 | 02/04/2020
The Australian Anti-dumping Commission has moved to initiate anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into steel pipe products which originate from China, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority under Ministry of Industry and Trade
09:31 | 02/04/2020
A pair of Vietnamese citizens who had been infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan received a discharge from hospital on April 1, according to health authorities.
20:12 | 01/04/2020
With the initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) occurring over two months ago, the scale of the virus has begun to take a heavy toll on many Vietnamese firms, prompting them to either scale back production and lay off staff or face bankruptcy.
20:03 | 01/04/2020
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed a decision on April 1 declaring the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a national epidemic, which has already spread to over 20 cities and provinces nationwide with 212 cases of the virus confirmed.
18:46 | 31/03/2020
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has put forward a plan to the Prime Minister which would regulate monthly rice exports and cap them at 400,000 tonnes amid the increasingly complicated nature of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.
18:43 | 31/03/2020
With Vietnamese businesses still concerned about the supply and trade of raw materials, they have faced another blow following announcements made by the United States and EU about the closure of their borders and temporary suspension of importing goods for a period of three weeks to a month
18:40 | 31/03/2020
While Vietnam is significantly exposed to the COVID-19 outbreak and the ongoing turbulence in the global financial markets, its economy remains resilient to external shocks in the first few months of 2020, the World Bank has said.
18:37 | 31/03/2020
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just issued Directive No. 16 on the implementation of urgent measures to prevent and combat the COVID-19 epidemic with the imposition of a social distancing order nationwide which is set to become effective starting from zero hours of April 1
20:20 | 30/03/2020
Vietnam’s iron and steel exports to China skyrocketed over the course of the first two months of the year, despite only a slight increase in the country’s overall exports, according to the latest statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
20:18 | 30/03/2020
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 30 agreed to declare the coronavirus outbreak an epidemic in Vietnam and called for greater efforts to reduce the impact the epidemic that is spreading throughout the country.
20:15 | 30/03/2020
Vietnam is striving to battle the Covid-19 pandemic while attaining socio-economic growth targets. The authority and enterprises have worked to increase exports and stabilize the domestic market to sustain GDP this year.
20:11 | 30/03/2020
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been advised to implement stricter measures, including enforcing isolation where necessary, in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
15:25 | 29/03/2020
Trade activities across the Vietnam Cambodia border have been maintained despite the halt of entry and exit of citizens and tourists as a measure to curb the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus
15:22 | 29/03/2020
Investment attraction in Ho Chi Minh City reached a mere US$1.5 billion during the first three months of 2020, representing an annual fall of 33%, earning only VND 899 billion per day in the process and only meeting 55% of the estimated target