The 7th Japan – Vietnam Festival has been postponed due to fears over coronavirus, which is spreading around the world, according to Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Tsutomu Takebe.

As Vietnam is estimated to need an average of US$210 billion for infrastructure per year through 2030 to meet its development targets, an ADB expert suggested the country should adopt new approaches to get the huge capital.

Nguyen Van Phuong of Vietnam failed to find his berth at the M15 Sharm El Sheikh tennis tournament’s main round in Egypt on Tuesday.

Nguyen Cong Phuong scored in the second match in a row at the Asian Football Confederation Cup in HCM City’s 3-2 win over hosts Hougang United on Tuesday in Singapore.

Many universities in HCM City are providing online career counselling for high school students since they are unable to attend school due to COVID-19 fears.

Sky House by architect Nguyen Hoang Manh won a Realised Award at the 33rd World Architecture Community Awards in London. 

Hanoi Police said on Monday they had concluded an investigation into 14 members of a criminal ring who posed as high-ranking defence officers and set up a fake corporation to defraud people with false promises of employment.

HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport is seeking permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to repair a severely downgraded runway at night.

The South Korean Cultural Centre exhibited folk paintings for the first time in Vietnam from February 19 to 25 at the cultural centre in Hanoi.

COVID-19 has spread quickly in the Republic of Korea recently, causing fears among Korean community, even those who live abroad. In Hanoi, ‘Korean streets’ are now far less crowded.

 The development of a commodity exchange in Vietnam is expected to provide an alternative for investors when they find difficulties investing in risky assets such as stock and real estate.

Vietnam has successfully brought the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) under control, with all 16 confirmed positive cases in the country fully recovered from the disease, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam announced yesterday.

Vietnamese carriers saw significant drops in the number of passengers in February due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Decree 100 which imposes heavy fines on drunk drivers as well as the fears amid Covid-2019 have affected the brewing industry.

Health officials say its not a matter of "if" but "when" the deadly virus will begin spreading in the US.

The Government has issued a decree stipulating the details of several articles to the Law on Prevention and Control of Harmful Effects of Alcohol.

Foreign investors still pay great attention to Vietnam albeit the complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by Covid-19 which started to hit the world earlier this year.

Iraj Harirchi, who has strongly denied any cover-up of a growing outbreak, has self-quarantined.

Concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in Italy is the latest difficulty to hit the film franchise.

Scientists are debating whether it is still possible to contain the new coronavirus.

Cases have emerged in several countries involving travellers from Italy, but borders remain open.

A discussion in Hanoi on February 25 called for smarter energy choices, given the impacts of coal power generation on air quality and air pollution’s influence on human health.

Little rainfall is forecast across the country in March and April, the remaining months of the dry season, particularly in the central region, said Vu Duc Long, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

Miss Vietnam 2020, the biennial national beauty contest, has opened for Vietnamese young women aged between 18 and 27.

The Vietnamese banking sector will have more opportunities to improve its financial capacity as well as learn modern business models and management from their EVFTA takes effect, according to insiders.