The VN Health Ministry late Sunday announced that the results for two foreigners visiting Hanoi have returned positive, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients in Vietnam to 56.

Travellers returning from Europe queue for hours as new health screening measures are introduced.

European countries are tightening restrictions as the number of coronavirus cases rises.

PM Scott Morrison orders 14 days self-quarantine for anyone entering Australia from midnight.

Other "wartime" measures are to include using car plants to make ventilators and hotels as hospitals.

A 33-year-old Latvian national has been confirmed the 54th case tested positive for the Covid-19 in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Health.

Even in a rebounding scenario, the VN-Index on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange is expected to experience wild volatility and revisit a support range of 710-740 points next week, according to Bao Viet Securities.

Companies in various sectors are seeking to help people limit physical contact with others, not use cash or leave home as the COVID-19 epidemic rages.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on late March 14 ordered the suspension of operations of local entertainment facilities starting from 6pm on March 15 to March 31 as an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Hanoi People's Committee on March 14 recommended citizens returning from coronavirus-hit areas from March 1 to call hotlines 0969082115, 0949396115, or emergency aid centre 115 to get free testing samples.

The health conditions of almost all COVID-19 patients in Vietnam are stable, with no fever and shortness of breath reported, the Health Ministry announced on March 15.

It may not be hard to discern that through the EU’s defiance towards Italy’s desperate calls for aid and America’s freshly-imposed barriers on its European allies, inter-state cooperation has been lacking in the fight against COVID-19.

Transport companies have sharply reduced travel between Hanoi and other provinces after the first patients tested positive for COVID-19.

Many cities and provinces in Vietnam have continued to keep local schools closed amid the rise in Covid-19 cases.

Vietnam reported 6 more Covid-19 cases by 5pm March 14, raising the national total to 53.

Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the first thing Nguyen Thi My Loan does every day at Mishow Ltd.Co in Tokyo is to wash her hands with sanitiser. This is a mandatory requirement for all employees at the company.

A Vietnam Airlines stewardess has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, becoming the 45th Covid-19 patient in the country.

Vietnam gained a trade surplus of US$1.82 billion in the first two months this year despite strong impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the General Department of Customs.

People infected with the new coronavirus in Vietnam have been covered by the health insurance fund, while quarantined cases are being given free-of-charge essential items for their daily activities in isolation wards.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has agreed with a proposal of the municipal Departments of Education and Training, Health, and Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to continue keeping schools close in response to the spread of the COVID-19.