It comes as the coronavirus outbreak has kept many Chinese drug ingredient manufacturers shut.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City and eight neigbouring provinces organised Covid-19 epidemic drills on Wednesday morning.

HCM City is producing millions of cloth face masks to meet rising demand amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

The coronavirus outbreak will certainly have an effect on the global economy in the coming months. Vietnam, with its proximity and close trade and supply relationships with China, is no exception.

The Viet Nam Flour Corporation (Vikybomi) has created new food products made from wheat flour and farm produce such as dragon fruit and watermelon amid a reduction in fruit exports to China.

As World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has people hanging on his every word.

Though the Covid-19 epidemic has spread to Japan and South Korea, some local exporters to the two markets are still experiencing good results.

An early warning system for COVID-19 has been launched by the Institute of Prevention Medicine and Public Health (IPMPH) at the Hanoi University of Medicine.

The organisation said it would prioritise the poorest countries in their response to the crisis.

A judiciary spokesman says the inmates were granted furlough after testing negative for Covid-19.

Jonathan Mok says a group of men told him they didn't "want your coronavirus in our country".

A dozen of mass running events across Vietnam have been rescheduled due to the acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed the Government to provide the maximum possible assistance to production and business activities in the context of complicated impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Activities within this year’s annual festival of the Hung Kings’ Temple, which falls on April 2, will be cancelled due to the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

Army barracks and military schools in the country can serve the quarantine of up to 30,000 people, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said, adding that strict quarantine is very important in preventing and containing contagious diseases.

The lockdown placed on Son Loi, a rural commune in the northern province of Vinh Phuc that had been hit by COVID-19, was officially lifted at 0:00 hours on March 4.

Vietnam should take advantage of being the second country in Southeast Asia to sign a free trade agreement with the EU to attract FDI from Europe.

With the coronavirus epidemic badly damaging business performance and undermining local production, Vietnam will officially launch a major support package to spur on businesses’ performance and ensure economic growth.  

Vietnam's decision was made following a surge in infected cases in Italy which have surpassed 2,000 as of March 3.

The Vietnam Association of Securities Businesses (VASB) may propose market regulators reduce trading taxes for investors, according to general secretary Nguyen Thanh Ky.