Domestic leather and footwear firms have no choice but to convert their production activities as difficulties are expected to linger through this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have said.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has ordered the northern province of Hai Duong considering implementing the Prime Minister’s Decree 16/CT-TTg on a wider scale to avoid getting behind developments of the pandemic.

Most of the Covid-19 patients detected at HCMC-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport are asymptomatic while many others have tested negative for Covid-19 after a short time of treatment.

Despite facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, seafood exports last year were estimated at US$8.58 billion, the same as in 2019.

Vietnam recorded one imported COVID-19 case on February 15 morning, raising the total count in the country to 2,229, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Vietnam reported 33 new COVID-19 cases on February 14 evening, including 31 infections in the northern province of Hai Duong and two others in the capital city of Hanoi.

Fifty-three new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Saturday evening, raising the total number of COVID-19 patients in Vietnam to 2,195, the Ministry of Health announced.

Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy has emphasised the need to offer COVID-19 vaccine to peacekeepers, particularly those at high risk.

The Embassy of Vietnam and a number of Vietnamese representative agencies and expats in Malaysia on February 12 offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh as a gesture to pay tribute to their root on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year).

Ho Chi Minh City has seen two new cases testing positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on February 12 and 13, and both are linked with the hotbed in Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Vietnam reported no fresh cases of Covid-19 this morning, February 13, the second day of the Lunar New Year (Tet), announced the Ministry of Health.

The HCM City digital transformation programme has contributed to developing the city and bringing many benefits to its people and businesses.

Vietnam has more real estate investment opportunities than other more mature Asia-Pacific markets, though certain difficulties remain.

The SASR-CoV-2 virus strain found in patients who are employees at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat airport appear for the first time in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

At 6pm on February 12 (the 1 st day of the lunar New Year), the Ministry of Health announced 2 more cases of Covid-19 in Hanoi and Bac Ninh province, bringing the total number of patients nationwide to 2,142.

A two-month-old baby boy in Hanoi is among 31 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 patients reported on Thursday evening.

A total of 775 people completed their concentrated quarantine period in Dong Nai, Bac Lieu and Quang Ninh provinces on February 11, or the last day of the lunar year, and were allowed to go home, just on time to celebrate Tet with their families.

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and Industry 4.0 required construction firms to invest in technology to improve efficiency.

With traditional markets in HCM City struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more of their shop owners are looking to sell their goods on online channels such as delivery apps and social media.

On the morning of February 11, Vietnam recorded 18 more cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number to 2,019.