Citizen protection in areas affected by the COVID-19 outbreak is one of the top priorities of the Vietnamese Government, the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang told a regular press conference in Hanoi on March 5.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to suspend visa-free entry for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from countries whose citizens have visa-free entry unilaterally halted, firstly the Republic of Korea and COVID-19-hit nations.

All people who enter Vietnam from Cambodia are required to fill in medical declaration forms amid complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

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Despite the novel coronavirus outbreak slashing Vietnam’s business confidence, experts are still optimistic for the remainder of 2020.

The People’s Committee of Son La Province decided on Tuesday to give high school and college students a further two weeks off due to the coronavirus.

Authorities in HCM City have found five people who boarded the same flight with a SARS-CoV-2-positive passenger from Cambodia to Tan Son Nhat airport on March 3.

As many as 60 out of 63 provinces and cities in Vietnam have decided to further delay reopening of kindergartens, primary and junior secondary schools until March 17.

US magazine Billboard has heaped praises on a Vietnamese song guiding the prevention of the novel coronavirus in a recent article, calling it an “insanely catchy” tune.

The release of No Time To Die is pushed from April to November as coronavirus continues to spread.

"Ghen Co Vy", known as the “washing hands song” in English, has been growing in popularity globally, with French television channel BFMTV the latest place to feature the track.

The VTV9-Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Tournament has been forced to be delayed as a result of concerns regarding the increasingly complicated developments surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The move comes after world governments and central banks have taken action to ease the outbreak's impact.

IOC president Thomas Bach says "cancellation" and "postponement" was not mentioned in regards to Tokyo 2020 at Wednesday's board meeting.

A 71-year-old man, who was on a cruise ship last month, dies in a hospital near Sacramento.

Ho Chi Minh City’s market surveillance officials and police on March 3 seized one million medical masks of unknown origin at a warehouse on Luong The Vinh Street in Tan Phu district.

Vietnam Airlines will suspend flights on all routes between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea from March 5, while low-cost carrier Vietjet Air has announced it will temporarily halt flights between the two countries starting March 7.

HCMC Centre for Disease Control is coordinating with relevant agencies to verify the identities and addresses of five passengers travelling with the Japanese passenger, who was found to have been infected with coronavirus, on flight VN814 on March 3.

Many show organisers have incurred big losses due to postponed and cancelled shows due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

In recent time, Korean media and the Korean community living and working in Vietnam have praised Vietnam's efforts in preventing COVID - 19 epidemic.